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Is ozone pollution affecting crop yields in China?
Author(s) -
Chameides W. L.,
Xingsheng Li,
Xiaoyan Tang,
Xiuji Zhou,
Luo Chao,
Kiang C. S.,
St. John J.,
Saylor R. D.,
Liu S. C.,
Lam K. S.,
Wang T.,
Giorgi F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl900068
Subject(s) - china , environmental science , ozone , industrialisation , pollution , air pollution , crop production , crop , agriculture , environmental protection , meteorology , geography , forestry , economics , market economy , ecology , chemistry , archaeology , organic chemistry , biology
Newly available data from non‐urban locations in China along with regional model simulations suggest that ground‐level ozone may be sufficiently high to affect China's winter wheat production. As non‐urban ozone increases with industrialization, its effects on crops could hinder efforts to meet increasing food demands in the coming decades, in China.