A modelling study of the influence of biogenic emissions on ozone concentration in a Mediterranean city

This work discusses the impact of biogenic VOC (bVOC) emissions from an idealized park of Quercus Ilex on the surface concentration of ozone in a Mediterranean city, located in South Italy. Emissions were calculated as a function of leaf temperature and photosynthetically active radiation and numerical simulations were performed for a week in July 2012 using the local-scale ADMS-Urban model coupled with the mesoscale model BOLCHEM. Preliminary results show an impact of bVOC emissions on the ozone variation in the park area.