Concentration of surface ozone, Obninsk, 2004–2010

Ozone Concentration at Ground Level Depending on the Content of NOx and Meteorological Conditions

“…Tropospheric O 3 , apart from monthly variation, also shows daily variation, which is confirmed by the results of many papers [14,18,20,36,37]. In this paper, we show that O 3 temporal variation was lower than NO x , similar to Munir et al [4] and Adame et al [37].…”

“…In this paper we show significant correlations between O 3 levels and meteorological conditions, positive with radiation, air temperature, wind velocity, while negative with air humidity, and negative or positive with atmospheric pressure, which is similar to the findings of Liu et al [10], Aref'ev et al [14], Stathopoulou et al [17], Adame et al [37], Puc and Bosiacka [39].…”

“…Annual O 3 levels in 2005-2012 were higher than, for example, in Obinsk in Russia [14], and lower than in other regions of Poland, ie in the south-east, in Carpathians [34], or the north-west -in Widuchowa [11] and Szczecin [35].…”

“…Daily data was used to construct the multiple regression equations used to extract a group of significant independent variables to determine the size of the O 3 concentration, and also to assess the effects of weather and NO x levels on O 3 levels [10,14]. Due to the relatively large set of independent variables, the linear multiple regression model used a stepwise elimination of variables with statistically insignificant effect.…”

“…Meteorological factors are very significant for the gathering, scattering, flowing and transport of gaseous pollutants, including ozone [11][12][13][14][15]. O 3 can be transported over long distances and its maximum levels are recorded leeward of ozone emission precursors [16].…”