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Myriokefalitakis S, Daskalakis N, Fanourgakis GS, Voulgarakis A, Krol MC, Aan de Brugh JMJ, Kanakidou M. Ozone and carbon monoxide budgets over the Eastern Mediterranean. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 563-564:40-52. [PMID: 27135565 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2015] [Revised: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
The importance of the long-range transport (LRT) on O3 and CO budgets over the Eastern Mediterranean has been investigated using the state-of-the-art 3-dimensional global chemistry-transport model TM4-ECPL. A 3-D budget analysis has been performed separating the Eastern from the Western basins and the boundary layer (BL) from the free troposphere (FT). The FT of the Eastern Mediterranean is shown to be a strong receptor of polluted air masses from the Western Mediterranean, and the most important source of polluted air masses for the Eastern Mediterranean BL, with about 40% of O3 and of CO in the BL to be transported from the FT aloft. Regional anthropogenic sources are found to have relatively small impact on regional air quality in the area, contributing by about 8% and 18% to surface levels of O3 and CO, respectively. Projections using anthropogenic emissions for the year 2050 but neglecting climate change calculate a surface O3 decrease of about 11% together with a surface CO increase of roughly 10% in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Myriokefalitakis
- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
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- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 70013 Heraklion, Greece; Institute of Chemical Engineering, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), 26504 Patras, Greece
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- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 70013 Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Meteorology and Air Quality Section, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
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Bönisch H, Hoor P, Gurk C, Feng W, Chipperfield M, Engel A, Bregman B. Model evaluation of CO2and SF6in the extratropical UT/LS region. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2007jd008829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Blond N, Boersma KF, Eskes HJ, van der A RJ, Van Roozendael M, De Smedt I, Bergametti G, Vautard R. Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY nitrogen dioxide observations, in situ measurements and air quality modeling results over Western Europe. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1029/2006jd007277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- N. Blond
- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, UMR CNRS 7583; Universités Paris 7 et 12; Créteil France
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- Atmospheric Composition Climate Research; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute; De Bilt Netherlands
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- Atmospheric Composition Climate Research; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute; De Bilt Netherlands
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- Atmospheric Composition Climate Research; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute; De Bilt Netherlands
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- Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy; Brussels Belgium
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, UMR CNRS 7583; Universités Paris 7 et 12; Créteil France
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- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique; UMR CNRS 8539, École Polytechnique; Palaiseau France
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Stevenson DS, Dentener FJ, Schultz MG, Ellingsen K, van Noije TPC, Wild O, Zeng G, Amann M, Atherton CS, Bell N, Bergmann DJ, Bey I, Butler T, Cofala J, Collins WJ, Derwent RG, Doherty RM, Drevet J, Eskes HJ, Fiore AM, Gauss M, Hauglustaine DA, Horowitz LW, Isaksen ISA, Krol MC, Lamarque JF, Lawrence MG, Montanaro V, Müller JF, Pitari G, Prather MJ, Pyle JA, Rast S, Rodriguez JM, Sanderson MG, Savage NH, Shindell DT, Strahan SE, Sudo K, Szopa S. Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2005jd006338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 632] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Peters W. Toward regional-scale modeling using the two-way nested global model TM5: Characterization of transport using SF6. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1029/2004jd005020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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van Noije TPC. Implications of the enhanced Brewer-Dobson circulation in European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts reanalysis ERA-40 for the stratosphere-troposphere exchange of ozone in global chemistry transport models. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1029/2004jd004586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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