The influence of medium-range transport on O3levels at a rural site in Israel

✍ Scribed by Batia Lifshitz; Mordechai Peleg; Menachem Luria

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 675 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-7764
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00048252

✦ Synopsis

Simultaneous ozone measurements were made at a rural site, 25 km SSW of the city of Jerusalem, and in the center of the city during a period of 28 months. The ozone data were supplemented by SO2, NO/NOt, and meteorological measurements at both sites. Elevated ozone concentrations were recorded at the rural site, mostly during the spring months (May and June) during which the monthly averages and the monthly averages of the daily 30 min maximum levels equalled those measured in the city. During the summer months, both average and peak levels were lower at the rural site by 20 and 35 ppb. The increased ozone levels at the rural site were accompanied by a parallel increase of SO2 and NO~, suggesting hat the excess ozone at the rural site is a result of a transformation during transport of air pollutant~ from coastal sources.