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@ARTICLE{Wang:1050288,
author = {Wang, Hantao and Miyazaki, Kazuyuki and Sun, Haitong Zhe
and Qu, Zhen and Liu, Xiang and Inness, Antje and Schultz,
Martin and Schröder, Sabine and Serre, Marc and West, J.
Jason},
title = {{I}ntercomparison of global ground-level ozone datasets for
health-relevant metrics},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {25},
number = {22},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2026-00098},
pages = {15969 - 15990},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Ground-level ozone is a significant air pollutant that
detrimentally affects human health and agriculture. Global
ground-level ozone concentrations have been estimated using
chemical reanalyses, geostatistical methods, and machine
learning, but these datasets have not been compared
systematically. We compare six global ground-level ozone
datasets (three chemical reanalyses, two machine learning,
one geostatistics) relative to observations and against one
another, for the ozone season daily maximum 8 h average
mixing ratio, for 2006 to 2016. Comparing with global
ground-level observations, most datasets overestimate ozone,
particularly at lower observed concentrations. In 2016,
across all stations, grid-to-grid R2 ranges from 0.50 to
0.75 and RMSE 4.25 to 12.22 ppb. Agreement with observed
distributions is reduced at ozone concentrations above
50 ppb. Results show significant differences among
datasets in global average ozone, as large as 5–10 ppb,
multi-year trends, and regional distributions. For example,
in Europe, the two chemical reanalyses show an increasing
trend while other datasets show no increase. Among the six
datasets, the share of population exposed to over 50 ppb
varies from $61 \%$ $[28 \%,$ $94 \%]$ to $99 \%$
$[62 \%,$ $100 \%]$ in East Asia, $17 \%$ $[4 \%,$
$72 \%]$ to $88 \%$ $[53 \%,$ $99 \%]$ in North
America, and $9 \%$ $[0 \%,$ $58 \%]$ to $76 \%$
$[22 \%,$ $96 \%]$ in Europe (2006–2016 average).
Although sharing some of the same input data, we found
important differences, likely from variations in approaches,
resolution, and other input data, highlighting the
importance of continued research on global ozone
distributions. These discrepancies are large enough to
impact assessments of health impacts and other
applications.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) / Earth System Data
Exploration (ESDE)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111 / G:(DE-Juel-1)ESDE},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.5194/acp-25-15969-2025},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1050288},
}