This ozone layer is sometimes called the ozonosphere. Destruction of this shield by certain human-made chemicals allows more ultraviolet radiation to reach the earth's surface. The sun's rays convert these emissions into ground level ozone. Cars and gasoline-burning engines are large sources of emissions. In addition, paint, insecticides, and other cleaners can release emissions that help to form ozone.
Many factors impact ground level ozone development.
They include sunlight, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, time of day and driving patterns. Due to ozone pollution's dependence on weather conditions, ozone is usually a summertime pollutant and a big contributor to summertime smog. Below are a list of major contributors to ozone pollution. All of these sources emit gaseous compounds that mix like a thin soup in the air around us and when they interact with sunlight, ozone is formed. Any combustion of natural gas, gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene or oil also provides ozone forming pollutants .