Provoking the air
Jonathan WilliamsMax Planck Institute for Chemistry, Abt Luftchemie, J J Becher Weg 27, Mainz, Germany. Email: williams@mpch-mainz.mpg.de
Environmental Chemistry 5(5) 317-319 https://doi.org/10.1071/EN08048
Submitted: 6 August 2008 Accepted: 24 September 2008 Published: 31 October 2008
Environmental context. Understanding ozone chemistry has been the aim of atmospheric chemists for over 50 years. Although the chemical mechanisms in current models become increasingly detailed and complex, it is far from clear that our continued pursuit of ever more trace level products will improve our understanding of the underlying photochemistry. Here we suggest a new, innovative measurement approach by which the chemical component of models can be tested and on which policy strategy can be forged.
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