Chapter 70
Ozone Risk for Douro Vineyards
in Present and Future Climates
Ana Isabel Miranda, Ana Ascenso, Carla Gama, Daniel Blanco-Ward,
Alexandra Monteiro, Carlos Silveira, Carolina Viceto, Alfredo Rocha,
Diogo Lopes, Myriam Lopes and Carlos Borrego
Abstract Tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) can damage vegetation, affecting productivity
and quality of the crops. Vines, in particular, have an intermediate sensitivity to ozone.
Moreover, an increase of ozone levels is foreseen under climate change scenarios. The
Douro Demarcated Region is one of the most productive wine areas in Portugal; thus
studying the ozone deposition over this region and assessing its potential effects is a
nowadays concern. This work aims to evaluate the risk of Douro vineyards exposure
to ozone in present and future climates. The chemical transport model CHIMERE,
with a spatial resolution of 1 km
2 , fed by meteorological data from the WRF model,
A. I. Miranda (B) · A. Ascenso · C. Gama · D. Blanco-Ward · A. Monteiro · C. Silveira ·
D. Lopes · M. Lopes · C. Borrego
CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
e-mail: miranda@ua.pt
A. Ascenso
e-mail: ascenso.a@ua.pt
C. Gama
e-mail: carlagama@ua.pt
D. Blanco-Ward
e-mail: dblancoward@ua.pt
A. Monteiro
e-mail: alexandra.monteiro@ua.pt
C. Silveira
e-mail: carlos.silveira@ua.pt
M. Lopes
e-mail: myr@ua.pt
C. Borrego
e-mail: cborrego@ua.pt
C. Viceto · A. Rocha
CESAM & Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
e-mail: carolinaviceto@ua.pt
A. Rocha
e-mail: alfredo.rocha@ua.pt
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