Course: Fluxes of ozone and volatile organic compounds

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Course title Fluxes of ozone and volatile organic compounds
Course code KZP/1FOVC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Juráň Stanislav, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction - Tropospheric ozone in the past up to current times 2. Effect of ozone in carbon uptake by plants 3. Modelling and measurements of ozone fluxes 4. Indices (AOT40, PODy) representing critical levels for vegetation damage 5. Biogenic volatile organic compounds, sources and sinks 6. Role of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in ozone formation 7. Measurement techniques of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere 8. Examples and case studies 9. Perspectives of modelling of ozone in mitigating climate change within cities 10. Future outlooks

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • COOPER, O.R.; PARRISH, D.D.; ZIEMKE, J.; BALASHOV, N.V.; CUPEIRO, M.; et al. Global distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone: An observation- based review. Elementa, 2, 000029. 2014.
  • EMBERSON, L.D.; ASHMORE, M.R.; CAMBRIDGE, H.M.; SIMPSON, D.; TUOVINEN, J.-P. Modelling stomatal ozone flux across Europe. Environ. Pollut. 109, 403?413. 2000.
  • GUENTHER, A.B., JIANG, X., HEALD, C.L., SAKULYANONTVITTAYA, T., DUHL, ET al. The model of emissions of gases and aerosols from nature version 2.1 (MEGAN2.1): an extended and updated framework for modeling biogenic emissions. Model Dev. 5, 1471?1492. 2012.
  • JURÁŇ, S., GRACE, J., URBAN, O. Temporal changes in ozone concentrations and their impact on vegetation. Atmosphere, 12 (1), 82. 2021.
  • PAOLETTI, E.; ALIVERNINI, A.; ANAV, A.; BADEA, O.; CARRARI, E.; et al. Toward stomatal-flux based forest protection against ozone: The MOTTLES approach. Sci. Total Environ., 691, 516?527. 2019.


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