Measuring air pollutants in forests is important for evaluating the risk for vegetation in areas not covered by conventional air quality monitoring networks. Ozone measurements are carried out 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-induced visible symptoms 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: Continuous measurements of ozone concentrations
Manual Citation:
- Schaub M, Calatayud V, Ferretti M, Brunialti G, Lövblad G, Krause G, Sanz MJ, 2016: Part XV: Monitoring of Air Quality. 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, 11 p. + Annex http://icp-forests.net/page/icp-forests-manual
Paper Citation:
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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
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Cailleret M, Ferretti M, Gessler A, Rigling A, Schaub M (2018) Ozone effects on European forest growth – towards an integrative approach. Journal of Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12941
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Calatayud V and Schaub M (2013) Methods for Measuring Gaseous Air Pollutants in Forests. 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. 375-384. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-098222-9.00019-4
