The Triangle Area of North Carolina recognizes its ozone problem because it cannot comply with the federally mandated standards for maximum allowable ozone concentrations. The purpose of this website is to describe the background, history, and elements involved in the problem, and to speculate on solutions to the problem. The model below shows the simplified process by which ozone forms. These pages expound on ways in which precursor pollutants are transported from sources to different locales. These pages include information on the chemistry of ozone formation and conditions in which this formation takes place.
Every page deals with some aspect of ozone.