Measuring air pollutants in forests is important for evaluating the risk for vegetation in areas not covered by conventional air quality monitoring networks. Ozone-induced symptoms are being assessed at LWF, applying the harmonized methodologies from UNECE/ICP Forests and running under the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone. Data are also collected on ozone concentrations and other ecosystem properties such as tree growth, nutrition, and biodiversity, as well as climate. This makes this long-term monitoring data series essential for impact assessment and air pollution modelling.

Purpose:

Ozone risk assessment, i.e. to investigate relationships between ozone exposures and ozone-induced, visible symptoms

Manual Citation:

• Schaub M, Calatayud V, Ferretti M, Brunialti G, Lövblad G, Krause G, Sanz MJ, 2016: Part VIII: Monitoring of Ozone Injury. In: UNECE ICP Forests Programme Co-ordinating Centre (ed.): Manual on methods and criteria for harmonized sampling, assessment, monitoring and analysis of the effects of air pollution on forests. Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Eberswalde, Germany, 14 p. + Annex http://icp-forests.net/page/icp-forests-manual

Paper Citation:

• Schaub M, Häni M, Calatayud V, Ferretti M, Gottardini E (2018) ICP Forests Brief No 3 - Ozone concentrations are decreasing but exposure remains high in European forests. Programme Co-ordinating Centre of ICP Forests, Thu¨nen Institute of Forest Ecosystems. doi: 10.3220/ICP1525258743000

• Schaub M and Calatayud V (2013) Assessment of Visible Foliar Injury Induced by Ozone. In: Marco Ferretti and Richard Fischer (Eds). Forest Monitoring: Methods for Terrestrial Investigations in Europe with an Overview of North America and Asia, Vol 12, DENS, UK: Elsevier, 2013, pp. 205-221. ISBN: 9780080982229. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098222-9.00011-X