The reactions of ozone with alkenes have been shown recently to lead to the direct production of OH radicals in quantities that vary from 7 to 100% depending on the structure of the alkene. OH radicals are the most important oxidizing species in the lower atmosphere, and the OH-alkene reaction is a large source of new OH radicals, important in urban and rural air during both day and night. Evidence for OH formation comes both from low-pressure direct measurements and from tracer experiments at high pressure, With the goal of measuring OH formation yields with good precision, a small-ratio relative rate technique was developed. This method uses small amounts of fast-reacting aromatics and aliphatic ethers to trace OH formation yields. Here, we report OH formation yields for a series of terminal alkenes reacting with ozone. Measured OH yields were 0.29 +/-0.05, 0.24 +/- 0.05, 0.18 +/- 0.04, and 0.10 +/- 0.03 for 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, and 1-octene, respectively. For the methyl-substituted terminal alkenes methyl propene and 2-methyl-1-butene, OH yields were 0.72 +/- 0.12 and 0.67 +/-0.12, respectively. The results are discussed both in terms of their atmospheric implications and the relationship between structure and OH formation.