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Current research involves investigation of trace constituents of air, their
properties, transformation and transport over different continental and coastal
regions of Croatia. Structural, kinetic and thermodynamic properties are
investigated for compounds that enter the atmosphere and contribute in air‑soil
and air‑water exchange. Formation, destruction and transport of ozone and other
photooxidants are analyzed at different locations in Croatia too. The numerical
and statistical methods, some locally developed, are applied to analyze and
interpret ozone data in relation to meteorological data and to high altitude or
remote transports. Ab initio quantum-chemical methods are used to resolve the
reaction mechanisms and to calculate the rate constants and kinetic parameters
of important atmospheric oxidation processes, i.e. reactions of ozone and
hydroxyl radical with several classes of major atmospheric pollutants.