1999 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Tropospheric Ozone in Alpine Forest Sites: Air Quality Monitoring and Statistical Data Analysis
verfasst von : G. Gerosa, F. Spinazzi, A. Ballarin Denti
Erschienen in: Forest Growth Responses to the Pollution Climate of the 21st Century
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive
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Plants represent one of the major sinks for tropospheric ozone that, at high concentrations, can affect plants’ physiological activity with consequent serious damage. A research project has been promoted by the Lombardy Foundation for the Environment to investigate the effects of air pollution on forest ecosystems. The areas of study are located on the southern slopes of the Italian Alps in two valleys, only 10 km apart, selected because of their different plant injury: Val Gerola and Val Masino. Air quality (O3, NOx SOx, VOC) and meteorological parameters were monitored during four summer seasons (1994–97) using automatic sampling devices providing hourly mean values for each variable. Data analysis showed very different ambient ozone concentrations at the two sites, with average concentration values observed in the more damaged valley (Val Gerola) twice those measured at the other site. Multivariate data analyses have been used to interpret the observed differences in long-term O3 exposure between the two sites and to identify possible underlying processes,.