Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps – Part 2: Long-term impact on air quality

Diémoz, Henri; Gobbi, Gian Paolo; Magri, Tiziana; Pession, Giordano; Pittavino, Sara; Tombolato, Ivan K. F.; Campanelli, Monica; Barnaba, Francesca

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10129-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10129-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10129-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

Research article

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12 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 12 Aug 2019

Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps – Part 2: Long-term impact on air quality

Henri Diémoz, Gian Paolo Gobbi, Tiziana Magri, Giordano Pession, Sara Pittavino, Ivan K. F. Tombolato, Monica Campanelli, and Francesca Barnaba

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript Number: acp-2019-128 Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps – Part 2: long-term impact on air quality submitted for publication to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Henri Diémoz, 05 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Referee comment on "Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps. Part 2: long-term impact on air quality"', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Henri Diémoz, 05 Jun 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Henri Diémoz on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Jun 2019) by Pedro Jimenez-Guerrero

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Jun 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish as is (26 Jun 2019) by Pedro Jimenez-Guerrero

AR by Henri Diémoz on behalf of the Authors (05 Jul 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

In a companion paper, we investigated airmass exchanges from the Po plain to the Alps through detailed case studies. Here (part 2) we use 3 years of multi-sensor observations and models to quantify the long-term impact of transport on air quality (>25% on PM10) and aerosol physico-chemical characteristics. We quantify the frequency of occurrence (up to 70% of days) in relation to meteorology (wind flows). We also show how the experimental results can improve air-quality forecasting capabilities.