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ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
卷 92, 期 4, 页码 531-539出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.02.009
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Saharan dust; PM10 concentration; Air quality; Mediterranean; Satellite imagery
This paper presents samples of Saharan dust outbreak affecting the Mediterranean Tunisian coasts and its impact on PM10 (Particles with an aerodynamic diameter below 10 pm) surface concentrations measured at seven monitoring stations during summer 2006. During the events, the daily PM10 levels at all stations exceeded EU and Tunisian air quality standard limits which are equal to 50 mu g/m(3). The maximum values ranged from 200 mu g/m(3) to 300 mu g/m(3) depending on the monitoring station. The impact is even more dramatic on PM10 hourly concentrations leading to maximum hourly peaks ranging from 400 mu g/m(3) to 850 mu g/m(3) again depending on the monitoring station (industrial or residential, traffic and commercial). Comparison between backward air masses trajectories reaching Tunisian coasts and satellite imageries vis-A-vis the PM10 hourly concentrations measured at the monitoring stations during 2006 evidenced the influence of the Saharan dust outbreaks on surface concentrations. The origin of the air masses is found to be from South-West direction under the influence of air masses from the Algerian Saharan desert. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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