Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean

J Lelieveld; H Berresheim; S Borrmann; P J Crutzen; F J Dentener; H Fischer; J Feichter; P J Flatau; J Heland; R Holzinger; R Korrmann; M G Lawrence; Z Levin; K M Markowicz; N Mihalopoulos; A Minikin; V Ramanathan; M De Reus; G J Roelofs; H A Scheeren; J Sciare; H Schlager; M Schultz; P Siegmund; B Steil; E G Stephanou; P Stier; M Traub; C Warneke; J Williams; H Ziereis

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Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean

J Lelieveld^*, H Berresheim, S Borrmann, P J Crutzen, F J Dentener, H Fischer, J Feichter, P J Flatau, J Heland, R Holzinger, R Korrmann, M G Lawrence, Z Levin, K M Markowicz, N Mihalopoulos, A Minikin, V Ramanathan, M De Reus, G J Roelofs, H A ScheerenJ Sciare, H Schlager, M Schultz, P Siegmund, B Steil, E G Stephanou, P Stier, M Traub, C Warneke, J Williams, H Ziereis

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	794-799
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	298
Issue number	5594
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1075457
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

Aerosols
Air Pollutants
Air Pollution
Asia
Atmosphere
Carbon Monoxide
Climate
Europe
Mediterranean Region
North America
Ozone
Weather

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Lelieveld, J., Berresheim, H., Borrmann, S., Crutzen, P. J., Dentener, F. J., Fischer, H., Feichter, J., Flatau, P. J., Heland, J., Holzinger, R., Korrmann, R., Lawrence, M. G., Levin, Z., Markowicz, K. M., Mihalopoulos, N., Minikin, A., Ramanathan, V., De Reus, M., Roelofs, G. J., ... Ziereis, H. (2002). Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean. Science, 298(5594), 794-799. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1075457

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