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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15491-2018
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Research article
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29 Oct 2018
Research article |
| 29 Oct 2018
| 29 Oct 2018
Seasonal influences on surface ozone variability in continental South Africa and implications for air quality
Tracey Leah Laban
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Pieter Gideon van Zyl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Johan Paul Beukes
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Ville Vakkari
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Kerneels Jaars
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Nadine Borduas-Dedekind
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Miroslav Josipovic
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Anne Mee Thompson
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Markku Kulmala
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Lauri Laakso
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Surface O3 was measured at four sites in the north-eastern interior of South Africa, which revealed that O3 is a regional problem in continental South Africa, with elevated O3 levels found at rural background and industrial sites. Increased O3 concentrations were associated with high CO levels predominantly related to regional biomass burning, while the O3 production regime was established to be predominantly VOC limited. Increased O3 is associated with strong seasonality of precursor sources.
Surface O3 was measured at four sites in the north-eastern interior of South Africa, which...
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