Haze in the atmosphere accompanied by high levels of ozone and nitrogen oxides, caused by the action of sunlight on pollutants.
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- Ozone at ground level can be manufactured as part of photochemical smog.
- In sunny, still weather we actually get photochemical smog in York - and each speed bump is adding its own contribution.
- In summer the city suffers high levels of photochemical smog, and in winter high levels of haze are common.
- Nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and unburned hydrocarbons are the main exhaust pollutants and they are involved in the production of damaging photochemical smog.
- One project they have planned is the ultra-sensitive detection of short-lived atmospheric species that control photochemical smog formation.