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https://doi.org/10.5194/acpd-5-12985-2005
https://doi.org/10.5194/acpd-5-12985-2005
19 Dec 2005
 | 19 Dec 2005
Status: this preprint was under review for the journal ACP but the revision was not accepted.

A scaling analysis of ozone photochemistry: II Investigation of the similarity relationship

B. Ainslie and D. G. Steyn

Abstract. The similarity relationship for maximum ozone concentration as a function of initial precursor concentrations developed in the first article of this 2-part series exhibits a scale break, most easily seen after a Weibull transformation, which identifies a characteristic scale for ozone photochemistry. In this paper, we investigate the similarity relationship using simple semi-quantitative models and model output. From this investigation, we develop a set of properties characterizing ozone-precursor relationships. We find the scaling break is associated with a change in the temporal variability of ozone production. Finally, we examine a series of smog chamber experiments for evidence of a scaling break. We find the data support a slight break after suitable transformation. It is difficult to tell if the lack of distinct break is due to smog chamber experimental limitations, a bias in the test conditions or if the processes leading to the scaling break are overly enhanced by chemical mechanisms.

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