Megacities as hot spots of air pollution in the East Mediterranean

Maria Kanakidou; Nikolaos Mihalopoulos; Tayfun Kindap; Ulas Im; Mihalis Vrekoussis; Evangelos Gerasopoulos; Eirini Dermitzaki; Alper Unal; Mustafa Koçak; Kostas Markakis; Dimitris Melas; Georgios Kouvarakis; Ahmed F. Youssef; Andreas Richter; Nikolaos Hatzianastassiou; Andreas Hilboll; Felix Ebojie; Folkard Wittrock; Christian von Savigny; John P. Burrows; Annette Ladstaetter-Weissenmayer; Hani Moubasher

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.048

Megacities as hot spots of air pollution in the East Mediterranean

Maria Kanakidou^*
, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
, Tayfun Kindap
, Ulas Im
, Mihalis Vrekoussis
, Evangelos Gerasopoulos
, Eirini Dermitzaki
, Alper Unal
, Mustafa Koçak
, Kostas Markakis
, Dimitris Melas
, Georgios Kouvarakis
, Ahmed F. Youssef
, Andreas Richter
, Nikolaos Hatzianastassiou
, Andreas Hilboll
, Felix Ebojie
, Folkard Wittrock
, Christian von Savigny
, John P. Burrows

Annette Ladstaetter-Weissenmayer, Hani Moubasher

^*Corresponding author for this work

Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Crete
Academy of Athens
University of Bremen
National Observatory of Athens
Middle East Technical University
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Cairo University
University of Ioannina

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Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the actual knowledge on the atmospheric pollution sources, transport, transformation and levels in the East Mediterranean. It focuses both on the background atmosphere and on the similarities and differences between the urban areas that exhibited important urbanization the past years: the two megacities Istanbul, Cairo and the Athens extended area. Ground-based observations are combined with satellite data and atmospheric modeling. The overall evaluation pointed out that long and regional range transport of natural and anthropogenic pollution sources have about similar importance with local sources for the background air pollution levels in the area.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1223-1235
Number of pages	13
Journal	Atmospheric Environment
Volume	45
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.048
Publication status	Published - Feb 2011

Funding

This work has been supported by the EU FP7 project CITYZEN. Analyses and visualizations of TES, MISR and MODIS data used in this study were produced with the Giovanni online data system, developed and maintained by the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). We thank Drs. J. van Aardenne and U. Doering for the emission inventory developed for the Mediterranean in the frame of the EU FP6 project CIRCE. M.V. acknowledges the A. von Humboldt foundation and the European Union (EIF-GLYOTRAPTEAM and RG-PARTHENO2N projects) for consecutive research fellowships. We also thank the reviewers for their useful comments. Scientific discussions within the IGAC SSC and the iCACGP are acknowledged.

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A. von Humboldt foundation
EIF-GLYOTRAPTEAM
Seventh Framework Programme
European Commission

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

Air pollution
Anthropogenic impact
East Mediterranean
Megacities
Transport

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Kanakidou, M., Mihalopoulos, N., Kindap, T., Im, U., Vrekoussis, M., Gerasopoulos, E., Dermitzaki, E., Unal, A., Koçak, M., Markakis, K., Melas, D., Kouvarakis, G., Youssef, A. F., Richter, A., Hatzianastassiou, N., Hilboll, A., Ebojie, F., Wittrock, F., von Savigny, C., ... Moubasher, H. (2011). Megacities as hot spots of air pollution in the East Mediterranean. Atmospheric Environment, 45(6), 1223-1235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.048

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