Constraining the ship contribution to the aerosol of the central Mediterranean

Becagli, Silvia; Anello, Fabrizio; Bommarito, Carlo; Cassola, Federico; Calzolai, Giulia; Di Iorio, Tatiana; di Sarra, Alcide; Gómez-Amo, José-Luis; Lucarelli, Franco; Marconi, Miriam; Meloni, Daniela; Monteleone, Francesco; Nava, Silvia; Pace, Giandomenico; Severi, Mirko; Sferlazzo, Damiano Massimiliano; Traversi, Rita; Udisti, Roberto

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2067-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 2067–2084, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2067-2017

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Special issue: CHemistry and AeRosols Mediterranean EXperiments (ChArMEx)...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 2067–2084, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2067-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

Research article 10 Feb 2017

Research article | 10 Feb 2017

Constraining the ship contribution to the aerosol of the central Mediterranean

Silvia Becagli et al.

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Answer to the reviewers’ comments', Silvia Becagli, 22 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review of acp-2016-489 Constraining the ship contribution to the aerosol of the Central Mediterranean by S. Becagli et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to the reviewers’ comments', Silvia Becagli, 22 Oct 2016

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2016) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Jan 2017) by Matthias Beekmann

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The paper aims to implement a specific strategy to target the aerosol due to ship emissions. PM₁₀ is collected south and north of the main shipping route through the Mediterranean. Other than ions and metals the analysis is complemented with measurements of rare earth elements, trajectories from a high resolution regional model and actual observations of ship traffic. The combination of these approaches allows for unambiguous identification of the ship contribution (8–11 % of PM₁₀) in this area.