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14 Jun 2017
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| 14 Jun 2017
Sources and mixing state of summertime background aerosol in the north-western Mediterranean basin
Jovanna Arndt
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute,
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Jean Sciare
LSCE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement,
Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay/Orme des
Merisiers 701, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute,
2121 Nicosia, Cyprus
Marc Mallet
CNRM, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques UMR 3589,
Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France
Greg C. Roberts
CNRM, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques UMR 3589,
Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Atmospheric Sciences
and Physical Oceanography, La Jolla, USA
Nicolas Marchand
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Karine Sartelet
CEREA, Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement
Atmosphérique, Joint Laboratory ENPC ParisTech/EDF R&D,
Université Paris-Est, Marne la Vallée, France
Karine Sellegri
LaMP, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique CNRS UMR6016,
Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise
Pascal, Aubière, France
François Dulac
LSCE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement,
Unité Mixte CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay/Orme des
Merisiers 701, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Robert M. Healy
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, Ontario Ministry of the
Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Canada
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute,
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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The chemical composition of individual PM2.5 particles was measured at a background site on Corsica in the Mediterranean to determine the contribution of different sources to background aerosol in the region. Most of the particles were from fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning, transported to the site from France, Italy and eastern Europe, and also accumulated other species en route. This work shows that largest impact on air quality in the Mediterranean is from anthropogenic emissions.
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