Natural Aerosols, Gaseous Precursors and Their Impacts in Greece: A Review from the Remote Sensing Perspective-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Natural Aerosols, Gaseous Precursors and Their Impacts in Greece: A Review from the Remote Sensing Perspective

Published:2024-06-24 Issue:7 Volume:15 Page:753
ISSN:2073-4433
Container-title:Atmosphere
language:en
Short-container-title:Atmosphere

Author:

Amiridis Vassilis¹^ORCID,Kazadzis Stelios²³^ORCID,Gkikas Antonis⁴^ORCID,Voudouri Kalliopi Artemis¹⁵^ORCID,Kouklaki Dimitra¹⁶,Koukouli Maria-Elissavet⁵^ORCID,Garane Katerina⁵^ORCID,Georgoulias Aristeidis K.⁷^ORCID,Solomos Stavros⁴,Varlas George⁸^ORCID,Kampouri Anna¹^ORCID,Founda Dimitra³,Psiloglou Basil E.³^ORCID,Katsafados Petros⁹^ORCID,Papachristopoulou Kyriakoula¹^ORCID,Fountoulakis Ilias¹⁴^ORCID,Raptis Panagiotis-Ioannis³^ORCID,Georgiou Thanasis¹¹⁰^ORCID,Gialitaki Anna¹¹¹^ORCID,Proestakis Emmanouil¹,Tsekeri Alexandra¹,Drakaki Eleni¹^ORCID,Marinou Eleni¹^ORCID,Giannakaki Elina¹²^ORCID,Misios Stergios⁴,Kapsomenakis John⁴,Eleftheratos Kostas⁶¹³^ORCID,Hatzianastassiou Nikos¹⁴,Kalabokas Pavlos⁴,Zanis Prodromos⁷^ORCID,Vrekoussis Mihalis¹⁵¹⁶¹⁷^ORCID,Papayannis Alexandros¹⁸¹⁹^ORCID,Kazantzidis Andreas²⁰^ORCID,Kourtidis Konstantinos²¹^ORCID,Balis Dimitris⁵^ORCID,Bais Alkiviadis F.⁵^ORCID,Zerefos Christos⁴⁶²²²³

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, 152 36 Athens, Greece

2. Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center, Dorfstrasse 33, Davos, 7260 Dorf, Switzerland

3. Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Palaia Penteli, 152 36 Athens, Greece

4. Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, 106 79 Athens, Greece

5. Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece

6. Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece

7. Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece

8. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 46.7 km of Athens-Sounio Ave., 190 13 Anavissos, Greece

9. Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, 176 76 Athens, Greece

10. School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece

11. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Earth Observation Science Group, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

12. Department of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece

13. Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece

14. Laboratory of Meteorology, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece

15. Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany

16. Center of Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany

17. Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus

18. Laser Remote Sensing Unit (LRSU), Physics Department, National Technical University of Athens, 157 80 Zografou, Greece

19. Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and Their Impacts, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland

20. Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, University of Patras, 265 00 Patras, Greece

21. Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 671 00 Xanthi, Greece

22. Navarino Environmental Observatory (N.E.O.), 240 01 Messinia, Greece

23. Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences, 106 75 Athens, Greece

Abstract

The Mediterranean, and particularly its Eastern basin, is a crossroad of air masses advected from Europe, Asia and Africa. Anthropogenic emissions from its megacities meet over the Eastern Mediterranean, with natural emissions from the Saharan and Middle East deserts, smoke from frequent forest fires, background marine and pollen particles emitted from ocean and vegetation, respectively. This mixture of natural aerosols and gaseous precursors (Short-Lived Climate Forcers—SLCFs in IPCC has short atmospheric residence times but strongly affects radiation and cloud formation, contributing the largest uncertainty to estimates and interpretations of the changing cloud and precipitation patterns across the basin. The SLCFs’ global forcing is comparable in magnitude to that of the long-lived greenhouse gases; however, the local forcing by SLCFs can far exceed those of the long-lived gases, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Monitoring the spatiotemporal distribution of SLCFs using remote sensing techniques is important for understanding their properties along with aging processes and impacts on radiation, clouds, weather and climate. This article reviews the current state of scientific know-how on the properties and trends of SLCFs in the Eastern Mediterranean along with their regional interactions and impacts, depicted by ground- and space-based remote sensing techniques.

Funder

Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation

National Development Program, General Secretariat of Research and Innovation

Harmonia Action

COST

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/7/753/pdf

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