Abstract
In this study the vertical ozone profiles during summertime (June to August) of the MOZAIC (Measurement of Ozone and Water Vapor by Airbus in Service Aircraft) Project over the eastern Mediterranean airports of Heraklion and Rhodes in Greece, have been analyzed in order to identify the major factors determining the ozone variability in the lower troposphere and the boundary layer over this area. In total 42 ozone profiles have been examined, which have been collected during a 10-year period (1996–2006). The corresponding vertical profiles of temperature, relative humidity and carbon monoxide have been also examined in parallel. It comes out that in the lower troposphere and to a certain extent within the boundary layer the role of the synoptic weather conditions and the associated large-scale transport of air masses seems to be more important in understanding the ozone variability than the local or regional short-term ozone photochemical production, for the examined area.
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The operators of the MOZAIC project (Dr. A. Volz-Thomas – Forschugszentrum Juelich, Germany, J.-P. Cammas and V. Thouret, Laboratoire d’Aerologie, CNRS and Universite de Toulouse, France) are gratefully acknowledged for providing data. Dr. C. Repapis (Academy of Athens and Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis foundation) is also acknowledged for helpful discussions and comments on the manuscript.
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Kalabokas, P.D. (2013). Atmospheric Conditions Associated with High and Low Ozone Concentrations in the Boundary Layer and the Lower Troposphere over the Eastern Mediterranean (Aegean Sea). In: Helmis, C., Nastos, P. (eds) Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29172-2_140
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