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Long-term visibility variation in Athens (1931–2013): a proxy for local and regional atmospheric aerosol loads
Dimitra Founda
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Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Stelios Kazadzis
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation
Center, Davos, Switzerland
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Evangelos Gerasopoulos
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Maria Lianou
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Panagiotis I. Raptis
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development,
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Historical time series are unique sources of information for past climate and atmospheric composition change. The 82-year time series of visibility data collected at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) was an excellent proxy for the long-term evolution of particulate pollution in the eastern Mediterranean, at times when direct aerosol measurements were missing. Evolution of particulate pollution of both local and regional origin is nicely reflected on visibility records of NOA.
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