A comparison of two different approaches for mapping potential ozone damage to vegetation. A model study
Journal article, 2007
Two very different types of approaches are currently in use today for indicating risk of ozone damage to vegetation in Europe. One approach is the so-called AOTX (accumulated exposure over threshold of X ppb) index, which is based upon ozone concentrations only. The second type of approach entails an estimate of the amount of ozone entering via the stomates of vegetation, the AFstY approach (accumulated stomatal flux over threshold of Y nmol m(-2) s(-1)). The EMEP chemical transport model is used to map these different indicators of ozone damage across Europe, for two illustrative vegetation types, wheat and beech forests. The results show that exceedences of critical levels for either type of indicator are widespread, but that the indicators give very different spatial patterns across Europe. Model simulations for year 2020 scenarios suggest reductions in risks of vegetation damage whichever indicator is used, but suggest that AOT40 is much more sensitive to emission control than AFstY values. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
EMISSIONS
DEPOSITION MODULE
ozone
mapping
AOT40
TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
vegetation damage
AOT
EUROPE
FLUX
EXPOSURE
CONTROL STRATEGIES
INDEXES
AIR-POLLUTION
stomatal flux
TRANSPORT
Author
David Simpson
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science
M. R. Ashmore
L. Emberson
J. P. Tuovinen
Environmental Pollution
0269-7491 (ISSN) 1873-6424 (eISSN)
Vol. 146 3 715-725Subject Categories
Physical Sciences
DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2006.04.013