Articles | Volume 19, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11123-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11123-2019
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03 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 03 Sep 2019

Summertime surface PM1 aerosol composition and size by source region at the Lampedusa island in the central Mediterranean Sea

Marc D. Mallet, Barbara D'Anna, Aurélie Même, Maria Chiara Bove, Federico Cassola, Giandomenico Pace, Karine Desboeufs, Claudia Di Biagio, Jean-Francois Doussin, Michel Maille, Dario Massabò, Jean Sciare, Pascal Zapf, Alcide Giorgio di Sarra, and Paola Formenti

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We present findings from a summertime field campaign at the remote island of Lampedusa in the central Mediterranean Sea. We show that the aerosol loading is similar to coastal sites around the Mediterranean. We observe higher loadings of sulfate and aged organic aerosol from air masses transported over the central and eastern Mediterranean in comparison to those from the western Mediterranean. These results highlight the rarity of pristine air masses, even in remote marine environments.
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