TroposphericOzoneChemistry.pptVIP

Tropospheric Ozone Chemistry David Plummer presented at the GCC Summer School Montreal, August 7-13, 2003 Ozone in the atmosphere 90% of total column O3 is found in the stratosphere Solar radiation and chemistry the reaction that produces ozone in the atmosphere: O + O2 + M ? O3 + M difference between stratospheric and tropospheric ozone generation is in the source of atomic O for solar radiation with a wavelength of less than 242 nm: O2 + hv ? O + O little radiation with wavelengths less than ~290 nm makes it down to the troposphere photochemical production of O3 in troposphere tied to NOx (