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Preferred term

ozone

Definition

  • [Henderson's] n. O3, gas formed from oxygen (O2) under the action of short-wavelength ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere, where it forms the ozone layer. This ab­sorbs considerable solar ultraviolet radia­tion and shields the Earth’s surface from its harmful effects. Ozone is also formed as a pollutant in the lower atmosphere from e.g. nitrogen oxides. It is damaging to herbaceous plants at levels greater than 100 parts per billion.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • O3

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • الأوزون

Bulgarian

  • Озон

Croatian

  • ozon

Czech

  • ozón

Danish

  • ozon

Dutch

  • ozon

Estonian

  • osoon

Finnish

  • otsoni

French

  • ozone

German

  • Ozon

Greek

  • όζον

Hungarian

  • ózon

Italian

  • ozono

Latvian

  • ozons

Lithuanian

  • ozonas

Norwegian

  • ozon

Polish

  • ozon

Portuguese

  • ozono

Romanian

  • ozon

Slovak

  • ozón

Slovenian

  • ozon

Spanish

  • ozono

Swedish

  • ozon

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20853

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