Inter-Comparison of carbon content in PM2.5 and PM10 fractions collected at five measurement sites in Southern Italy

From November 2015 to January 2016 a field campaign was performed simultaneously at five measurement sites in Southern Italy, four of which are regional stations of I-AMICA network (www.i-amica.it). The study, published on Atmosphere [2], aimed to characterize the different spatial distribution of the carbonaceous content in PM10 and PM2.5 atmospheric aerosol. The measurement sites
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NO2 and O3 DOAS (Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy system) measurements at the Observatory (ECO) in Lecce (ISAC-CNR)

The DOAS (Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy) observational technique is based on a modified form of the Bougert-Lambert-Beer law relating the attenuation of radiation to the properties of the material through which the light is travelling, in our case the atmosphere. The peculiarity of DOAS is the differential feature that remove the low frequency structures of
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Seasonal variability of the contribution of sources to concentrations of atmospheric aerosol in an urban background area of Lecce

A study performed by the research group of ISAC-CNR, in collaboration with the University of Salento, highlighted the seasonal variability of the contribution of different sources (natural and anthropogenic) to atmospheric concentrations of particles with a diameter less than 2.5 microns ( PM2.5) and 10 microns (PM10). This work allowed to highlight the weight of
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AERONET Napoli 2018

AERONET 2018: aerosol optical depth from I-AMICA stations

The AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) project is a federation of ground-based remote sensing aerosol networks established by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and PHOTONS (PHOtométrie pour le Traitement Opérationnel de Normalisation Satellitaire; Univ. of Lille 1, CNES, and CNRS-INSU) and is greatly expanded by networks (e.g., RIMA, AeroSpan, AEROCAN, and CARSNET) and collaborators from national agencies, institutes, universities, individual scientists, and partners. For more than 25 years, the project has provided
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