Long-term analysis of atmospheric propane over Southern Europe based on observations conducted at the WMO-GAW station of Monte Cimone

Mancinelli, Enrico; Annadate, Saurabh; Cristofanelli, Paolo; Giostra, Umberto; Maione, Michela; Reimann, Stefan; Arduini, Jgor

doi:10.5194/acp-26-4105-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-4105-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-4105-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 26, issue 6

Research article

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24 Mar 2026

Research article |

| 24 Mar 2026

Long-term analysis of atmospheric propane over Southern Europe based on observations conducted at the WMO-GAW station of Monte Cimone

Enrico Mancinelli, Saurabh Annadate, Paolo Cristofanelli, Umberto Giostra, Michela Maione, Stefan Reimann, and Jgor Arduini

Data sets

GAW-WDCRG, ACTRIS, EMEP, VOC (hydrocarbons) at Monte Cimone Michela Maione and Jgor Arduini https://doi.org/10.48597/B5SD-RPUV

GAW-WDCRG, ACTRIS, EMEP, 2015-2015, VOC (hydrocarbons) at Monte Cimone Michela Maione and Jgor Arduini https://doi.org/10.48597/QWNA-5JJV

GAW-WDCRG, ACTRIS, EMEP, 2016-2017, VOC (hydrocarbons) at Monte Cimone Michela Maione and Jgor Arduini https://doi.org/10.48597/UFS3-Z3SR

ACTRIS, EMEP, GAW-WDCRG, 2018-2022, VOC (hydrocarbons) at Monte Cimone Michela Maione and Jgor Arduini https://doi.org/10.48597/TWZX-TMVF

GAW-WDCRG, ACTRIS, EMEP, 2023-2023, VOC (hydrocarbons) at Monte Cimone Michela Maione and Jgor Arduini https://doi.org/10.48597/BA9Z-RK4N

GAW-WDCRG, EMEP, ACTRIS, 2017-2024, VOC (hydrocarbons) at Jungfraujoch Matz Hill et al. https://doi.org/10.48597/JT6Z-G47Q

ICOS ATC CH4 Release from Monte Cimone (8.0 m), 2018-05-03-2025-03-31 Paolo Cristofanelli et al. https://hdl.handle.net/11676/DLkSJNzCDlfA0JzIAZbgqzDS

ICOS ATC CO Release from Monte Cimone (8.0 m), 2018-05-03-2025-03-31 Paolo Cristofanelli et al. https://hdl.handle.net/11676/slwXALlojsUtOKAcbKnr1X88

Model code and software

FLEXPART-v11 Lucie Bakels et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12706632

Short summary

Propane is the second most abundant non-methane hydrocarbon in the atmosphere and is mainly emitted by anthropogenic activities. Despite playing a significant role in atmospheric chemistry, propane emission sources are poorly defined. Analysis of high-frequency long-term measurements at the GAW-WMO (Global Atmosphere Watch-World Meteorological Organization) station of Monte Cimone Italy make some improvements in identifications of different contributions at the regional scale.