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I-AMICA Observatories: published new study on reactive gases and climate-altering compounds in the Mediterranean basin

Published on the journal “ELEMENTA Science of the Anthropocene” a new study  concerning reactive gases and climate altering compounds in the Mediterranean Basin in the framework of the I-AMICA PON project Investigation of reactive gases and methane variability in the coastal boundary layer of the central Mediterranean basin Authors:  Paolo Cristofanelli ,  Maurizio Busetto, Francescopiero
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I-AMICA Observatories and CLIMA: snowfalls on the Salento

The climate system is very complex with many interactions between the atmosphere, the ocean, the soil, and the concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere. The climate is evolving on large scale at global level and this also leads to variations at smaller spatial and temporal scales even with presence of extreme events. It is useful
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Bosco Capodimonte

Bosco di Capodimonte – Promoting the potential of flux-measuring stations in urban parks: An innovative case study in Naples, Italy

The Urban forests and parks are living systems integrated in highly anthropic areas, where they establish close interactions with all the other systems around. Thanks to those interactions, urban forests provide many ecosystem services to people and to the whole urban environment. One of the most important is the absorption of chemically and radiatively-active trace
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May 2016: Intense Saharan dust transport event over the Mediterranean

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Saharan Dust Granitola

March 22-23, 2016: exceptional Saharan sandstorm over the Mediterranean.

A Saharan sandstorm developed in the deserts of Libya and Tunisia has mobilized considerable sand content transporting them over the Mediterranean, Italy and Southern Europe. In particular, on March 22 the Observatory of Granitola recorded a daily concentration that exceeded 110 micrograms / m3 as shown in the graph below. The intense event was recorded
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