Detection of Saharan dust and biomass burning events using near-real-time
intensive aerosol optical properties in the north-western Mediterranean

Ealo, Marina; Alastuey, Andrés; Ripoll, Anna; Pérez, Noemí; Minguillón, María Cruz; Querol, Xavier; Pandolfi, Marco

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12567-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12567-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12567-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 19

Research article

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10 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 10 Oct 2016

Detection of Saharan dust and biomass burning events using near-real-time intensive aerosol optical properties in the north-western Mediterranean

Marina Ealo, Andrés Alastuey, Anna Ripoll, Noemí Pérez, María Cruz Minguillón, Xavier Querol, and Marco Pandolfi

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments on Detection of Saharan dust and biomass burning events using near real-time intensive aerosol optical properties in the northwestern Mediterranean', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer#1', Marina Ealo, 12 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Detection of Saharan dust and biomass burning events using near real-time intensive aerosol optical properties in the northwestern Mediterranean', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 May 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer #3', Marina Ealo, 21 Jul 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Marina Ealo on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Sep 2016) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos

AR by Marina Ealo on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Sep 2016) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos

AR by Marina Ealo on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2016)

Short summary

The present work demonstrates the potential of in situ aerosol optical measurements, from both nephelometer and aethalometer instruments, for detecting specific air pollution scenarios in near real time. Given the high sensitivity of the intensive aerosol optical properties to characterize atmospheric aerosols, these parameters were calibrated in order to detect Saharan dust and biomass burning events at regional (Montseny) and continental (Montsec) environments in the NW Mediterranean.