The local and regional atmospheric oxidants at Athens (Greece)

C. A. Varotsos; J.M. Ondov; M. N. Efstathiou; A. P. Cracknell

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The local and regional atmospheric oxidants at Athens (Greece)

C. A. Varotsos, J.M. Ondov, M. N. Efstathiou (Lead / Corresponding author), A. P. Cracknell

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In the present study, the investigation of the levels of the local and regional oxidants concentration at Athens, Greece, is attempted by analyzing the observations obtained at an urban and a rural station, during 2001-2011 and 2007-2011, respectively. A progressive increase of the daytime and nighttime average of [NO]/[O] versus [NO] is observed showing a larger proportion of O in the form of NO when the level of NO increases. Similar results are observed when studying the variation of mean values of [NO]/[NO] versus [NO]. The results obtained when compared with those that have earlier detected elsewhere, revealed similarities and discrepancies that are discussed in detail. The parameterized curves that are presented for the first time in this paper may be used by the air quality planners to track the trends in other cities also, and to understand what is or was driving them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4430-4440
Number of pages	11
Journal	Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
Volume	21
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2387-1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014

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Oxidation

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