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A photochemical theory of tropospheric ozone
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We present a photochemical theory for tropospheric ozone in which the methane oxidation chain constitutes a large local source. This source produces about one trillion odd oxygen molecules per square centimeter per second and implies a photochemical lifetime for ozone of about 1 day, much shorter than characteristic mixing times. The photochemical model reproduces the altitude and seasonal dependence of ozone at 30 deg N. It also gives qualitative agreement with observed day-to-day variations of the ozone density.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chameides, W., & Walker, J. C. G.
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1973-12-20
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 36
- Pages
- 8751-8760
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2011472763
- Cited by
- 496
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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