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This site was created by Elizabeth Bolick, Emmett
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As a major component of urban smog, tropospheric ozone is becoming
a major air quality issue nationally. Ozone poses a dangerous problem in
North Carolina due to the climate, proximity to large metropolitan
areas of the north, and growth in population and urban areas. The Triangle
Area of North Carolina recognizes its ozone problem because it cannot
comply with the federally mandated standards for maximum allowable ozone
concentrations.
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purpose of this website is to describe the background, history, and elements involved in the
problem, and to speculate on solutions to the problem. The model below shows the
simplified process by which ozone forms. This website follows this
simple model:
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EMISSIONS |
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These pages layout different
emissions sources and the process by which they produce ozone. |
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TRANSPORT |
| These pages expound on ways in which
precursor pollutants are transported from sources to different
locales. |
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TRANSFORMATION |
| These pages include information on the
chemistry of ozone formation and conditions in which this
formation takes place. |
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OZONE |
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deals with some aspect of ozone. |
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