Ozone damage to forests

MS project
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

ABSTRACT:
Ground-level ozone is a pollutant, and one of the major ingredients in smog. Ozone is thought to affect plants when it is taken in through the stomates. But plants' stomates open only when the plants have sufficient moisture; so the effect of ozone depends on the amount of moisture. The US Forest Service collects data from around the country to assess how ozone affects the health of our forests. We report on those data, and the interplay between ozone, moisture, and damage to forests.