TY - T1 - Trees in urban parks and forests reduce O3, but not NO2 concentrations in Baltimore, MD, USA SN - / 1352-2310 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/225347 T3 - A1 - Yli-Pelkonen, Vesa Johannes; Scott, Anna A.; Viippola, Juho Viljami; Setälä, Heikki Martti A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Trees and other vegetation absorb and capture air pollutants, leading to the common perception that they, and trees in particular, can improve air quality in cities and provide an important ecosystem service for urban inhabitants. Yet, there has been a lack of empirical evidence showing this at the local scale with different plant configurations and climatic regions. We studied the impact of urban park and forest vegetation on the levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ground-level ozone (O3) whil... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 1172 Environmental sciences; Air pollution; Urban ecocystems; URBAN TREES; Urban vegetation; NO2; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; O3; Urban parks; TEMPERATURE; CANOPY COVER; BALTIMORE; Air pollution; Air Pollutants; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; Urban vegetation; URBAN TREES; TREES; NO2; Nitrogen dioxide; OZONE; O3; Urban ecosystems; BALTIMORE; Urban parks; URBAN FORESTS; TEMPERATURE; Traffic; CANOPY COVER; micro-climate; Air purification N1 - PP - ER -