Global Air Pollution Crossroads over the Mediterranean
Abstract
The Mediterranean Intensive Oxidant Study, performed in the summer of 2001, uncovered air pollution layers from the surface to an altitude of 15 kilometers. In the boundary layer, air pollution standards are exceeded throughout the region, caused by West and East European pollution from the north. Aerosol particles also reduce solar radiation penetration to the surface, which can suppress precipitation. In the middle troposphere, Asian and to a lesser extent North American pollution is transported from the west. Additional Asian pollution from the east, transported from the monsoon in the upper troposphere, crosses the Mediterranean tropopause, which pollutes the lower stratosphere at middle latitudes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 25, 2002
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.1075457
Entities
People
- A. Minikin
- B. Steil
- C. Warneke
- E. G. Stephanou
- F. J. Dentener
- G. J. Roelofs
- H. A. Scheeren
- H. Berresheim
- H. Fischer
- H. Schlager
- H. Ziereis
- J. Feichter
- J. Heland
- J. Lelieveld
- J. Sciare
- Jim Williams
- K. M. Markowicz
- M. De Reus
- M. G. Lawrence
- M. Traub
- Michael P. Schultz
- N. Mihalopoulos
- P. J. Crutzen
- P. J. Flatau
- P. Siegmund
- P. Stier
- R. Holzinger
- R. Korrmann
- S. Borrmann
- V. Ramanathan
- Z. Levin
Organizations
- Deutscher Wetterdienst
- German Aerospace Center
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
- Tel Aviv University
- United States Naval Research Laboratory
- University of Adelaide Environment Institute
- University of California
- University of Crete
- University of Warsaw
- Utrecht University