Continental pollution in the western Mediterranean basin: vertical profiles of aerosol and trace gases measured over the sea during TRAQA 2012 and SAFMED 2013

Di Biagio, C.; Doppler, L.; Gaimoz, C.; Grand, N.; Ancellet, G.; Raut, J.-C.; Beekmann, M.; Borbon, A.; Sartelet, K.; Attié, J.-L.; Ravetta, F.; Formenti, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9611-2015

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27 Aug 2015

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| 27 Aug 2015

Continental pollution in the western Mediterranean basin: vertical profiles of aerosol and trace gases measured over the sea during TRAQA 2012 and SAFMED 2013

C. Di Biagio, L. Doppler, C. Gaimoz, N. Grand, G. Ancellet, J.-C. Raut, M. Beekmann, A. Borbon, K. Sartelet, J.-L. Attié, F. Ravetta, and P. Formenti

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RC C1628: 'Review MS No.: acp-2015-154', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Apr 2015
- AC C3891: 'Reply to Referee #1', Claudia Di Biagio, 22 Jun 2015
RC C1701: 'Review of the manuscript Continental pollution in the Western mediterranean Basin: vertical profiles of aerosol and trace gases measured over the sea during TRAQA 2012 and SAFMED 2013 by', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Apr 2015
- AC C3892: 'Reply to Referee #2', Claudia Di Biagio, 22 Jun 2015
AC C3893: 'Manuscript with tracked changes', Claudia Di Biagio, 22 Jun 2015

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AR by Claudia Di Biagio on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Jun 2015) by Claire Reeves

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Jul 2015)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (08 Jul 2015) by Claire Reeves

AR by Claudia Di Biagio on behalf of the Authors (17 Jul 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Jul 2015) by Claire Reeves

AR by Claudia Di Biagio on behalf of the Authors (21 Jul 2015)

Short summary

Observations from this study indicate that continental pollution largely affects the atmospheric composition and structure of the western Mediterranean basin. Pollution plumes reach 3000-4000 m in altitude and present a very complex and highly stratified structure, characterized by fresh and aged layers both in the boundary layer and in the free troposphere. Also we report the observations of high levels of ultrafine particles over the basin, possibly linked to new particle formation events.