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Atmosphere, Volume 5, Issue 2

June 2014 - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,100 Views
19 Pages

18 June 2014

The aim of our study is to estimate the parameters M (water content), R (rain rate) and Z (radar reflectivity) with raindrop size distribution by using the neural network method. Our investigations have been conducted in five African localities: Abid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
9,247 Views
19 Pages

Characterization of PM10 and PM2.5 and Their Metals Content in Different Typologies of Sites in South-Eastern Italy

  • Daniele Contini,
  • Daniela Cesari,
  • Antonio Donateo,
  • Daniela Chirizzi and
  • Franco Belosi

16 June 2014

Samples of PM10 and PM2.5 were collected discontinuously between 2003 and 2010 at fifteen monitoring sites (urban, background, industrial) in the south-eastern part of Italy using a mobile laboratory. In total, 483 PM10 and 154 PM2.5 samples were col...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
16,677 Views
15 Pages

Atmospheric Abundances, Trends and Emissions of CFC-216ba, CFC-216ca and HCFC-225ca

  • Corinna Kloss,
  • Mike J. Newland,
  • David E. Oram,
  • Paul J. Fraser,
  • Carl A. M. Brenninkmeijer,
  • Thomas Röckmann and
  • Johannes C. Laube

4 June 2014

The first observations of the feedstocks, CFC-216ba (1,2-dichlorohexafluoropropane) and CFC-216ca (1,3-dichlorohexafluoropropane), as well as the CFC substitute HCFC-225ca (3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane), are reported in air samples colle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
10,348 Views
29 Pages

Patterns of Precipitation and Convection Occurrence over the Mediterranean Basin Derived from a Decade of Microwave Satellite Observations

  • Bahjat Alhammoud,
  • Chantal Claud,
  • Beatriz M. Funatsu,
  • Karine Béranger and
  • Jean-Pierre Chaboureau

30 May 2014

The Mediterranean region is characterized by its vulnerability to changes in the water cycle, with the impact of global warming on the water resources being one of the major concerns in social, economical and scientific ambits. Even if precipitation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,913 Views
21 Pages

Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Total Gaseous Mercury in Urban Houston, TX, USA

  • Xin Lan,
  • Robert Talbot,
  • Patrick Laine,
  • Barry Lefer,
  • James Flynn and
  • Azucena Torres

30 May 2014

Total gaseous mercury (THg) observations in urban Houston, over the period from August 2011 to October 2012, were analyzed for their seasonal and diurnal characteristics. Our continuous measurements found that the median level of THg was 172 parts pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
12,604 Views
28 Pages

Mercury Plumes in the Global Upper Troposphere Observed during Flights with the CARIBIC Observatory from May 2005 until June 2013

  • Franz Slemr,
  • Andreas Weigelt,
  • Ralf Ebinghaus,
  • Carl Brenninkmeijer,
  • Angela Baker,
  • Tanja Schuck,
  • Armin Rauthe-Schöch,
  • Hella Riede,
  • Emma Leedham and
  • Markus Hermann
  • + 6 authors

28 May 2014

Tropospheric sections of flights with the CARIBIC (Civil Aircraft for Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrumented Container) observatory from May 2005 until June 2013, are investigated for the occurrence of plumes with elevated H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
12,299 Views
17 Pages

23 May 2014

Between the troposphere and stratosphere layers of the atmosphere is a critical zone for collecting emissions and negative effects on the Earth (ecological, humanity, and resources). Aircrafts are the main causes of the impacts in this layer. In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,468 Views
18 Pages

23 May 2014

Multimedia fate and transport models are used to evaluate the long range transport potential (LRTP) of organic pollutants, often by calculating their characteristic travel distance (CTD). We calculated the CTD of several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,837 Views
15 Pages

5 May 2014

From July to September 2012, during the fifth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition (CHINARE), the concentrations of black carbon (BC) aerosols inside the marine boundary layer were measured by an in situ aethalometer. BC concentrations ranged...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,801 Views
19 Pages

Tracing Sources of Total Gaseous Mercury to Yongheung Island off the Coast of Korea

  • Gang S. Lee,
  • Pyung R. Kim,
  • Young J. Han,
  • Thomas M. Holsen and
  • Seung H. Lee

30 April 2014

In this study, total gaseous mercury (TGM) concentrations were measured on Yongheung Island off the coast of Korea between mainland Korea and Eastern China in 2013. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively evaluate the impact of local mainland...

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