title: Ozone and forests in South-Western Europe.
abstract: The paper provides basic information about background, objectives and structure of O3SWE (Ozone at the permanent monitoring plots in South-Western Europe), an international co-operative project aimed at evaluating O3 concentrations, cumulative exposure, uptake and effects on forest vegetation in four countries of South-Western Europe (France, Italy, Luxenbourg, Spain and Switzerland). The project covers a total of 83 permanent plots of the EU and UN/ECE intensive forest monitoring programme and span over three years of investigation (2000-2002). The O3SWE project aims to demonstrate how, using data collected routinely in an intensive forest monitoring network, O3 exposure, flux and effects can be assessed and exceedances critically evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy. m.ferreti@linnaea.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferretti
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bussotti
authors.forename: Vicent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calatayud
authors.forename: Maria-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schaub
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kräuchi
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Petriccione
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Peña
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ulrich
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005060:Europe; D007391:International Cooperation; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical / Q000032:analysis*; D010126:Ozone / Q000032:analysis*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D014197:Trees / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical; D010126:Ozone