Abraham Lincoln BirthplaceNational Historical Park, Ozone and Foliar Injury Summary, 2015
Jernigan J. 2016. Abraham Lincoln BirthplaceNational Historical Park, Ozone and Foliar Injury Summary, 2015. Cumberland Piedmont Network
Ozone is a gas that occurs naturally in the lower levels of the earth’s atmosphere. However, human-produced pollution can become an unnatural source of additional ozone that results in injury to humans and plants. The Cumberland Piedmont Network (CUPN) has been monitoring ozone and its injury to plants since 2008 to fulfill the National Park Service (NPS) mandate to protect its resources and preserve the enjoyment of these resources.The CUPN Ozone and Foliar Injury Program is designed to provide a network-wide assessment of status and trends in ozone concentration and foliar injury levels. All 14 CUPN park units are sampled on a rotational schedule (which is outlined in CUPN’s ozone concentration and foliar injury protocol).This brief summarizes foliar injury data collected in July 2015 at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (ABLI). 2015 sampling at ABLI was conducted outside CUPN’s normal rotational schedule. This additional sampling was completed because one of the sites could not be located during scheduled sampling in 2014. That site (the Knob Creek High Field site) was located in 2015 and sampled then (along with the other two ABLI foliar injury sites since it was convenient for the sampling crew to do so). Ozone and foliar injury reports are available upon request or at http://go.nps.gov/cupn.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Jernigan, Johnathon
- Date of Issue
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cumberland Piedmont Network
- Units
- ABLI , CUPN
- Keywords
- Air Quality, airborne contaminants, Foliar Injury, Foliar Ozone, Ozone, Ozone Foliar Injury Inventory Reports, Ozone Foliar Injury Monitoring Reports, Ozone Injury, Resource Briefs