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Relation of air mass history to nucleation events in Po Valley, Italy, using back trajectories analysis |
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L. Sogacheva, A. Hamed, M. C. Facchini, M. Kulmala , A. Laaksonen |
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Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 7, no. 3 ; Nr. 7, no. 3 (2007-02-15), S.839-853 |
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250004567
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/acp-7-839-2007.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
In this paper, we study the transport of air masses to San Pietro
Capofiume (SPC) in Po Valley, Italy, by means of back trajectories
analysis. Our main aim is to investigate whether air masses
originate over different regions on nucleation event days and on
nonevent days, during three years when nucleation events have been
continuously recorded at SPC. The results indicate that nucleation
events occur frequently in air masses arriving from Central
Europe, whereas event frequency is much lower in the air
transported from southern directions and from the Atlantic Ocean.
We also analyzed the behaviour of meteorological parameters during
96 h transport to SPC, and found that, on average, event
trajectories undergo stronger subsidence during the last 12 h
before the arrival at SPC than nonevent trajectories. This causes
a reversal in the temperature and relative humidity (RH)
differences between event and nonevent trajectories: between 96
and 12 h back time, temperature is lower and RH is higher for
event than nonevent trajectories and between 12 and 0 h vice
versa. Boundary layer mixing is stronger along the event
trajectories compared to nonevent trajectories. The absolute
humidity (AH) is similar for the event and nonevent trajectories
between about 96 h and about 60 h back time, but after that, the
event trajectories AH becomes lower due to stronger rain. We also
studied transport of SO2 to SPC, and conclude that although
sources in Po Valley most probably dominate the measured
concentrations, certain Central and Eastern European sources also
make a substantial contribution. |
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