Title: Mesoscale transport of air pollutants over Athens: implications for air quality

Authors: P. Kassomenos, S. Lykoudis, M. Petrakis, A. Papadopoulos

Addresses: National Observatory of Athens, Institute of Meteorology and Physics of the Atmospheric Environment, P O Box 20048, 11810, Athens, Greece. ' National Observatory of Athens, Institute of Meteorology and Physics of the Atmospheric Environment, P O Box 20048, 11810, Athens, Greece. ' National Observatory of Athens, Institute of Meteorology and Physics of the Atmospheric Environment, P O Box 20048, 11810, Athens, Greece. ' Department of Applied Physics, University of Athens, Ippokratous 33, 10680, Athens, Greece

Abstract: Air pollutants released from sources located near and around extensive conurbations such as the Athens Metropolitan Area, can be transported over them under various atmospheric conditions. Some of the industrial sources located to the north-east of Athens are directly responsible for the transport and dispersion of a large number of pollutants. In this paper the result of a number of simulations using an atmospheric and a Lagrangian particle dispersion model for the north-easterly wind-flow case is presented. These simulations strongly indicate that pollutants are transported from Central Evia to the Athens area under certain conditions.

Keywords: air quality; Athens; mesoscale transport; plume behaviour; air pollution; environmental pollution; Greece; simulation; particle dispersion models; modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1996.028273

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1996 Vol.6 No.2/3, pp.214 - 224

Published online: 16 Sep 2009 *

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