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Size resolved mass concentration and elemental composition of atmosphericaerosols over the eastern Mediterranean

Lazaridis Michalis, Havranek ,V, Mihalopoulos ,N, Eleftheriadis,K, Colbeck,I, Zdimal, V

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/EA799E19-8F3F-4325-A1B9-4044BCDA3670-
Identifierhttp://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/2207/2003/acp-3-2207-2003.pdf-
Languageen-
Extent10 pagesen
TitleSize resolved mass concentration and elemental composition of atmospheric aerosols over the eastern Mediterraneanen
CreatorLazaridis Michalisen
CreatorΛαζαριδης Μιχαληςel
CreatorHavranek ,Ven
CreatorMihalopoulos ,Nen
CreatorEleftheriadis,Ken
CreatorColbeck,Ien
CreatorZdimal, Ven
Content SummaryA Berner low pressure impactor was used to collect size-segregated aerosol samples at Finokalia, located on the north-eastern coast of Crete, Greece during July 2000 and January 2001. Several samples were also collected during the summer campaign aboard the research vessel “AEGAIEO” in the Aegean Sea. Gravimetric analysis and inversion techniques yielded daily PM1 and PM10 mass concentrations. The samples were also analysed by PIXE giving the elemental size distributions of Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Sr, S, Cl, Ni, V, Cu, Cr, Zn, and Pb. The crustal elements and sea-salt had a unimodal supermicron size distribution. Sulphur was found predominantly in submicron fractions. K, V, and Ni exhibited a bimodal distribution with a submicron mode produced by forest fires and oil combustion. The anthropogenic elements had broad and not well-defined distributions. The time series for PM1 and PM10 mass and elemental concentrations showed both daily and seasonal variation. Higher mass concentrations were observed during two incursions of Saharan dust, whilst higher concentrations of S, Cu, Zn, and Pb were encountered in samples collected in air masses arriving from northern Greece or the western coast of Turkey. Elevated concentrations of chlorine were found in samples with air masses either originating above the Atlantic Ocean and arriving at Finokalia via western Europe or recirculating over the western coast of the Black Sea.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-11-11-
Date of Publication2003-
SubjectAtmospheric aerosolsen
Bibliographic CitationJ. Smolik, V. Zdimal, J. Schwarz, M. Lazaridis, V. Havranek, K. Eleftheriadis, N. Mihalopoulos, I. Colbeck.(2003). Size resolved mass concentration and elemental composition of atmospheric aerosols over the eastern Mediterranean. Atmos. Chem. Phys.[online].vol. 3,pp. 2207-2216 .Available: http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/2207/2003/acp-3-2207-2003.pdfen

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