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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-9827-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-9827-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
14 Jul 2026
Research article |
| 14 Jul 2026
| 14 Jul 2026
Pollution transport and transformation over the Po Plain as revealed by airborne and ground-based measurements in July 2017 during EMeRGe
Costanza Civale
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Maria Dolores Andrés Hernández
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Jean-Philippe Putaud
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
Francesca Barnaba
National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Roma, Italy
Henri Diémoz
Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA) of the Aosta Valley, Saint-Christophe, Italy
Johannes Schneider
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Helmut Ziereis
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Katharina Kaiser
Particle Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Jörg Schmidt
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Ovid Oktavian Krüger
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Bruna Holanda
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Robert Baumann
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Benjamin Weyland
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Eric Förster
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Midhun George
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
now at: the School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Yangzhuoran Liu
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Daniel Sauer
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Jennifer Wolf
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Annachiara Bellini
National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Roma, Italy
Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA) of the Aosta Valley, Saint-Christophe, Italy
Birger Bohn
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems, ICE-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428, Jülich, Germany
Klaus Pfeilsticker
Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
John Philip Burrows
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Data sets
HALO database re3data.org https://doi.org/10.17616/R39Q0T
Short summary
This study combines measurements of gases and particles at the ground and on-board an instrumented aircraft to investigate pollution transport over the Po Valley, a major atmospheric pollution hotspot in Europe. Overall, the extensive data set obtained at different altitudes provides insight into the mixing of pollution plumes and their export towards the Adriatic coast as well as with naturally occurring dust and its impact on air quality over the Po Plain.
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