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Research article
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01 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 01 Mar 2019
| 01 Mar 2019
Formation and growth of atmospheric nanoparticles in the eastern Mediterranean: results from long-term measurements and process simulations
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Veli-Matti Kerminen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Giorgos Kouvarakis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Iasonas Stavroulas
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Evaggelia Tzitzikalaki
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Panayiotis Kalkavouras
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Nikos Daskalakis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Laboratory for Modeling and Observation of the Earth System (LAMOS), Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Stelios Myriokefalitakis
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU), Utrecht, the Netherlands
Aikaterini Bougiatioti
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Hanna E. Manninen
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Experimental Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Pontus Roldin
Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O.Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
Tuukka Petäjä
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Michael Boy
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Markku Kulmala
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Maria Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, I. Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
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New particle formation (NPF) is an important source of atmospheric aerosols. For the Mediterranean atmosphere, only few studies exist. In this study we present one of the longest series of NPF by analyzing 10 years of data from Crete, Greece. NPF took place on 27 % of the available days; it was more frequent in spring and less so in late summer. Model simulations showed that NPF in the subtropical environment may differ greatly from that in the boreal environment.
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