Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society

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Characteristics of near-surface ozone distribution

  • Kim, Yoo-Keun (Dept. of Atomospheric Sciences College of Nature Science Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Hwa-Woon (Dept. of Atomospheric Sciences College of Nature Science Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Hwan (Dept. of Atomospheric Sciences College of Nature Science Pusan National University) ;
  • Moon, Yun-Seob (Dept. of Atomospheric Sciences College of Nature Science Pusan National University) ;
  • Song, Sang-Keun (Dept. of Atomospheric Sciences College of Nature Science Pusan National University)
  • Published : 2000.09.01
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Abstract

This study presents an analysis of the characteristics of vertical ozone distribution near the surface using ozonesonde data(l995 to 1998), plus surface ozone and meteorological data from the Pohang region. These features were examined in detail using three case studies. The first related to episodes of high surface ozone concentrations during the Spring season when the frontogenesis between the high and low pressure associated with the upper-level jet stream was found to be located near the surface. The second was a 5-day winter period(l3 -17 December, 1997) in the Pohang province when the hourly concentrations exceeded 90 ppb on several occasions owing to low-level jets(LLJs) induced by a nocturnal stable layer. Accordingly, this explains why the high surface ozone concentrations occurred at night as the ozone was transported across the zone by a strong wind speed( over 12.5 ms .1). The third case study was ozone enhancement due to photochemical reactions. In this case, the maximum concentration of ozone exceeded 60 ppb in the summer(23 -28 August, 1997). When an ozone peak appeared within the boundary layer, the occurrence frequency of a low-level jet due to the nocturnal stable layer was about 77%, similarly the occurrence frequency of a near-surface ozone peak relative to the appearance of an LLJ was about 76%. Accordingly, there is clearly a close correlation between the occurrence of LLJs and near-surface ozone peaks.

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