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GAW Report No. 205 - IGAC Project

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CHAPTER 6 - EUROPESaliba et al., 2007]. Mineral dust transport events that occur episodically over the area are a majorcontributor (more than 40%) to the PM 10 exceedances of the EU limit of 50 µg m -3 [Koçak et al.,2007; Gerasopoulos et al., 2006b; Mitsakou et al., 2008]. This is also observed by lidar [Papayanniset al., 2008], sun photometer [Fotiadis et al., 2007] networks, and satellite observations[Papayannis et al., 2005; Kalivitis et al., 2007]. Re-suspension of dust is likewise a significantcomponent of aerosols in the cities [Rodriguez et al., 2004]. In industrial and urban areas, mostexceedances (around 70-80%) are due almost exclusively to local anthropogenic sources [Querolet al., 2009].In the eastern basin the fine aerosol fraction (

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