Ozone flux modelling for risk assessment: status and research needs

Abstract

In this paper, some shortcomings involved in the modelling of ozone fluxes in the context of local-scale risk assessment are discussed, especially as related to the data collected within the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests). An enhanced monitoring strategy, that would provide a sounder basis for the development, validation and application of risk assessment modelling tools, is also suggested.

Keywords

• Ozone
• Dose
• Stomatal flux
• Forests
• Monitoring