Air Quality in Greece
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 November 2021) | Viewed by 22440
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Interests: air quality; particulate matter; aerosol-cloud-climate interactions; cloud condensation nuclei; source apportionment; aerosol impact on climate & health
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Interests: atmospheric pollution; air quality; aerosol sources; aerosol chemical composition; oxidative potential; aerosol toxicity; aerosol impact on health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The atmospheric environment in which we live in, and in particular airborne particulate matter and atmospheric pollutants, are often related to a diverse range of environmental, health and climate impacts. While according to UN, world’s population life expectancy at birth has increased by 5.2 yr between 1990-95 and 2010-15, air pollution is responsible for large reductions in life expectancy as high as 5.5 yr, as recently estimated for China. In lieu to the above, during the recent decades Europe has made significant efforts to reduce the emissions of several air pollutants. Nevertheless, air quality remains an important issue, with high levels of particulate matter, ozone and other gaseous pollutants from local sources, further increased by long-range transport of pollution, and thus posing a supplementary challenge. For several European countries, observations show that less than 50% of the measured fine PM concentrations (PM2.5) come from the countries’ own emissions. Especially for Greece,various studies have shown that the atmosphere over the Aegean Sea in summer is mainly affected by the northern part of the Black Sea and Istanbul.
Especially during the last decade, due to the economic recession in Greece, primary and secondary precursor emissions have become altered and intensified, as residents have switched from fossil fuel combustion to the uncontrolled burning of wood and biomass for heating purposes, impacting gravely air quality all over Greece during wintertime. On the other hand, during summertime, extensive forest fires impact large areas in the mainland and the islands.
For this Special Issue we aim to compile publications presenting high-quality studies of in-situ, remote sensing, as well as modelling studies of ambient aerosol in Greece. Solicited contributions include, but are not limited, to studies on long-term variability in ambient air pollutants, specific pollution episodes, emissions and/or emission sources, transboundary, long-range transport of air pollutants impacting Greece, and behaviour of atmospheric pollutants in particular in the context of human health and exposure.
Dr. Aikaterini Bougiatioti
Dr. Despina Paraskevopoulou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air quality
- aerosol sources
- seasonal variability
- atmospheric observations
- impacts on climate
- impacts on health
- atmospheric composition
- aerosol acidity/toxicity
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