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Origin and variability in volatile organic compounds observed at an Eastern Mediterranean background site (Cyprus)
Cécile Debevec
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Equipe CAE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
Stéphane Sauvage
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Valérie Gros
Equipe CAE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
Jean Sciare
Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre, the Cyprus Institute (CyI), Nicosia, 2121, Cyprus
Equipe CAE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
Michael Pikridas
Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre, the Cyprus Institute (CyI), Nicosia, 2121, Cyprus
Iasonas Stavroulas
Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre, the Cyprus Institute (CyI), Nicosia, 2121, Cyprus
Thérèse Salameh
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Thierry Leonardis
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Vincent Gaudion
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Laurence Depelchin
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Isabelle Fronval
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
Roland Sarda-Esteve
Equipe CAE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
Dominique Baisnée
Equipe CAE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
Bernard Bonsang
Equipe CAE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, 91190, France
Chrysanthos Savvides
Department of Labour Inspection (DLI), Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, Nicosia, 2121, Cyprus
Mihalis Vrekoussis
Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre, the Cyprus Institute (CyI), Nicosia, 2121, Cyprus
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Center of Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Nadine Locoge
Département SAGE, IMT Lille Douai, Université de Lille, Lille, 59000, France
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Short summary
An intensive field campaign was conducted in March 2015 in the Eastern Mediterranean region, at a background site of Cyprus. We performed a detailed analysis of the chemical composition of air masses in gas and aerosol phase, and we applied a source apportionment analysis in order to identify the various origins of VOCs. The results suggest that VOCs are mainly of biogenic and regional background origins.
An intensive field campaign was conducted in March 2015 in the Eastern Mediterranean region, at...
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