For example, ozone measured at Mt Waliguan Observatory (a global “background” site) on the Tibetan Plateau over the period of 1994–2013 has shown an increasing trend at 0.2–0.3 ppb per year during spring and autumn ( 11 ).
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While annual PM 2.5 average concentrations showed a decreasing trend in many cities of China ( 12 ), ground-level ozone concentrations measured in some monitoring sites in China showed an increasing trend in the past several years.