Ground Level Ozone

Program

PowerPoints for presentations are on title links

9:00 AM Introduction Prof. Gilbert N. Hanson, Stony Brook University

9:15 AM Why is ground level ozone a problem on Long Island?
Prof. Daniel Knopf, Stony Brook University

9:45 AM What are the health effects of breathing ozone?
Prof. Feroza Daroowalla, Stony Brook University

10:15 AM Break

10:45 AM How does ozone affect plants?
Prof. Howard Neufeld, Appalachian State University

11:45 AM The productivity of plants is effected even before visible damage
Dr. Alistair Rogers, Brookhaven National Laboratory

12:15 PM How has ozone affected the productivity of plants on Long Island?
Prof. Margaret McGrath, Cornell University

Directions to SUNY Stony Brook and ESS Building
From exit 62 of the Long Island Expressway (LIE, I-495) follow Nicolls Road (Route 97) north
for nine miles. Pass the South and Main entrances to the University.
Enter the North entrance which will be on your left.
At the top of the small hill, turn right on Circle Road.
Proceed about 1 mile.
Turn left onto Campus Drive and then immediately turn left again onto John S. Toll Drive.
Proceed about 50 yards then turn right into the large paved parking lot.
The Earth and Space Sciences building is the large concrete building at the northeast end of
the parking lot.
Map of campus is on the web at: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/map/