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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9611-2015
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Research article
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27 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
L. Doppler
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorological Observatory Lindenberg, Lindenberg, Germany
C. Gaimoz
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
N. Grand
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
G. Ancellet
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
J.-C. Raut
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
M. Beekmann
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
A. Borbon
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
K. Sartelet
CEREA, Joint Laboratory École des Ponts ParisTech – EDF R & D, Université Paris-Est, 77455 Marne la Vallée, France
J.-L. Attié
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, University of Toulouse, UMR 5560 CNRS, Toulouse, France
CNRM GAME, UMR 3589 CNRS, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France
F. Ravetta
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, Paris, France
P. Formenti
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
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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.
Observations from this study indicate that continental pollution largely affects the atmospheric...
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