Nationwide ground-level ozone measurements in China suggest serious risks to forests

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 237, Issue , 2018, Pages 803-813

  Li, Pin ^a,b   De Marco, Alessandra ^c,d   Feng, Zhaozhong ^a,b   Anav, Alessandro ^c,d   Zhou, Daojing ^e   Paoletti, Elena ^a,d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

China; Forests; Ozone exposure metrics; Risk assessment; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; OZONE; TROPICS;

CHINA; FOREST PROTECTION; FORESTS; GROUND-LEVEL OZONE; OZONE EXPOSURES; SURFACE OZONE; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST COVER; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; OZONE LAYER; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85034429910     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.002     Document Type: Article

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