Phenomenology of summer ozone episodes over the Madrid Metropolitan Area, central Spain

Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andrés; Gangoiti, Gotzon; Perez, Noemí; Lee, Hong K.; Eun, Heeram R.; Park, Yonghee; Mantilla, Enrique; Escudero, Miguel; Titos, Gloria; Alonso, Lucio; Temime-Roussel, Brice; Marchand, Nicolas; Moreta, Juan R.; Revuelta, M. Arantxa; Salvador, Pedro; Artíñano, Begoña; García dos Santos, Saúl; Anguas, Mónica; Notario, Alberto; Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso; Harrison, Roy M.; Millán, Millán; Ahn, Kang-Ho

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6511-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6511-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6511-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 9

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08 May 2018

Research article |

| 08 May 2018

Phenomenology of summer ozone episodes over the Madrid Metropolitan Area, central Spain

Xavier Querol, Andrés Alastuey, Gotzon Gangoiti, Noemí Perez, Hong K. Lee, Heeram R. Eun, Yonghee Park, Enrique Mantilla, Miguel Escudero, Gloria Titos, Lucio Alonso, Brice Temime-Roussel, Nicolas Marchand, Juan R. Moreta, M. Arantxa Revuelta, Pedro Salvador, Begoña Artíñano, Saúl García dos Santos, Mónica Anguas, Alberto Notario, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Roy M. Harrison, Millán Millán, and Kang-Ho Ahn

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RC1: 'MS No.: acp-2017-1014, Xavier Querol et al: Phenomenology of summer ozone episodes over the Madrid Metropolitan Area, central Spain', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Jan 2018
- SC1: 'Preliminary reply to referee #1', Xavier Querol, 11 Jan 2018
  - AC1: 'REPORT ON CHANGES DONE AND REPLY TO QUERIES FROM ANONYMOUS REFEREE N1', Xavier Querol, 19 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'REPORT ON CHANGES DONE AND REPLY TO QUERIES FROM ANONYMOUS REFEREE N2', Xavier Querol, 19 Feb 2018

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ED: Publish as is (09 Apr 2018) by Evangelos Gerasopoulos

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We show the main drivers of high O₃ episodes in and around Madrid. High levels of ultrafine particles (UFPs) are evidenced, but we demonstrate that most O₃ arises from the fumigation of high atmospheric layers, whereas UFPs are generated inside the PBL. O₃ contributions from the fumigation of the vertical recirculation of regional air masses, hemispheric transport, and horizontally from direct urban plume transport are shown. Complexity arises from the need to quantify them to abate surface O₃.