Gkikas, Α., Houssos, E.E., Bartzokas, A., Hatzianastassiou, N. (2010)
Plinius Conference Abstracts, Vol. 12, Plinius12-102
Abstract
The present work aims at determining the synoptic conditions that favour the occurrence of strong aerosol episodes over the broader Mediterranean basin. In a first step, an objective and dynamic algorithm was set up to identify the strong aerosol episodes, based on daily aerosol optical depth values at 550nm (AOD550nm) from MODIS-Terra satellite database over the period 2000-2007. According to the algorithm, strong aerosol episodes occurred in each geographical cell (1o x 1o spatial resolution) of the study area whenever AODmean+2STDV_AOD550nm