Air pollution status and forest health in the Retezat National Park, Romania
2002
Badea, O. (Forest Research Institute, Bucharest (Romania)) | Popescu, F. | Barbu, I. | Bytnerowicz, A. | Musselman, R. | Gancz, V. | Postelicu, D. | Vasile, C.
Ozone is a well-known phytotoxic agent causing damage to vegetation in parts of North America and Europe. Transboundary or long-range transport of ozone from Western Europe and the generation of ozone from local and regional precursors results in increasing ozone concentrations in Central and Eastern Europe, including the Carpathian Mountaians. Other air pollutants such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia and heavy metals may also affect the health of Carpathian forests. During the 2000-2002 summer seasons, concentrations of ozone, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and ammonia were monitored with passive samplers. Results of those measurements will be used for development of GIS models of spatial and temporal distribution of air pollutants
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