Surface ozone levels are expected to be high in polluted regions during summer months. Observations from Wyoming in February 2008 indicate that equally high concentrations of ozone can be produced during winter.
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Pinto, J. Wyoming winter smog. Nature Geosci 2, 88–89 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo430
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