Intercontinental transport of biomass burning pollutants over the Mediterranean Basin during the summer 2014 ChArMEx-GLAM airborne campaign

Brocchi, Vanessa; Krysztofiak, Gisèle; Catoire, Valéry; Guth, Jonathan; Marécal, Virginie; Zbinden, Régina; El Amraoui, Laaziz; Dulac, François; Ricaud, Philippe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6887-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6887-2018

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CHemistry and AeRosols Mediterranean EXperiments (ChArMEx)...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6887-2018

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16 May 2018

Research article |

| 16 May 2018

Intercontinental transport of biomass burning pollutants over the Mediterranean Basin during the summer 2014 ChArMEx-GLAM airborne campaign

Vanessa Brocchi, Gisèle Krysztofiak, Valéry Catoire, Jonathan Guth, Virginie Marécal, Régina Zbinden, Laaziz El Amraoui, François Dulac, and Philippe Ricaud

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6887-2018-supplement

Data sets

FALCON20 SPIRIT – LPC2E – SOP2 – GLAM Valery Catoire https://doi.org/10.6096/mistrals-charmex.1267

F20 Core in-situ measurements – GLAM Bruno Piguet and Philippe Ricaud https://doi.org/10.6096/mistrals-charmex.1317

F20 Aerosol UHSAS – GLAM Bruno Piguet and Thierry Perrin https://doi.org/10.6096/mistrals-charmex.1322

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The Mediterranean Basin still suffers from a limited amount of in situ measurements for a good characterization of its environmental state. This study shows that intercontinental transport of very high CO concentrations can affect the upper Mediterranean Basin troposphere. By using modeling, 5- to 12-day eastward transport of biomass burning starting from North America and Siberia impacts the mid-troposphere of the Mediterranean Basin.