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Regional Climate Variability and its Impacts in the Mediterranean Area

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. A. Mellouki

    1. CNRS, Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs (LCSR), France

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  2. A. R. Ravishankara

    1. Earth System Research Laboratory NOAA, R/CSD 2, Boulder, USA

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  • Describes the linkage between air quality and climate variability in the Mediterranean area

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: (NAIV, volume 79)

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  3. Modelling of the Global and Regional Phenomena

    1. Climate/Water-Cycle Feedbacks in the Mediterranean: The role of Land-Use Changes and the Propagation of Perturbations at the Regional and Global Scale

      • Millán M. Millán
      Pages 83-101

    2. Aerosols Direct Radiative Forcing on Djougou (Northern Benin) During the AMMA Dry Season Experiment

      • Marc Mallet, V. Pont, C. Liousse, A. Mariscal, V. Thouret, J. Gomes et al.
      Pages 103-111

  4. Climate and Regional Air Quality

    1. Impact of Changing Climate and Emissions on Surface Ozone Distributions and Evolution

      • Hiroshi Tanimoto, Hitoshi Mukai, Toshimasa Ohara, Itsushi Uno
      Pages 113-127

    2. Short and Long-Term Transport of Crustal and Anthropogenic Inorganic Components of Coarse and Fine Aerosols over Beirut, Lebanon

      • Najat A. Saliba, Hovig Kouyoumdjian, Ghada Al Kadamany, Mohammad Roumie
      Pages 129-142

  5. Details of Chemical and Aerosols Processes

    1. Aerosols in Global Models – Focus on Europe

      • Maria Kanakidou
      Pages 143-154

    2. Measurements of Ozone, Black Carbon and Particle Size Distributions Along a Mediterranean Cruise Track During the Period: October 2005-October 2006

      • K. Velchev, J. Hjorth, E. Vignati, A. Dell'Acqua, S. Martins dos Santos, F. Dentener et al.
      Pages 155-165

    3. Concentration and Chemical Composition of PM2.5 and PM10-2.5 in the Northeastern Mediterranean

      • Nilgün Kubilay, Mustafa Koçak, Nikos Mihalopoulos
      Pages 167-180

    4. Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound Measurements in the City Centre of Wroclaw, Poland

      • A. Niedojadlo, K. H. Becker, Y. Elshorbany, R. Kurtenbach, P. Wiesen, A. Schady et al.
      Pages 181-196

    5. Non-Methane Hydrocarbons (NMHCs) Variability in the Eastern Mediterranean

      • Cecilia Arsene, A. Bougiatioti, Nikos Mihalopoulos
      Pages 197-206

    6. Representation of Chemical Detail in Atmospheric Models

      • Mike J. Pilling
      Pages 207-218

    7. Photoenhanced Uptake of NO2 on Mineral Dust

      • Christian George, Marieme Ndour, Yves Balkanski, Oumar Ka
      Pages 219-233

    8. Gas Phase Processes Relevant to the Mediterranean Some New and Important Topics

      • I. Barnes, I. Bejan
      Pages 235-251

  6. Other Presentations

    1. Climate Change and its Impacts in Morocco

      • Mohamed-Saïd Karrouk
      Pages 253-267

    2. The Effect of Climate Changes on the Disposal Facility of Natural Occurring Radioactive Materials in Egypt

      • Mohammad Abdel Geleel Mohamed
      Pages 269-277
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Global change due to natural processes and anthropogenic activity as well as the natural variability of the climate system will impact all areas of the globe. However, the impact will not be uniform and different impacts of differing magnitude and nature will be felt in various regions of the globe. The Mediterranean region, like other regions of the world, will face some unique and different impacts.

The uniqueness and difference in the Mediterranean are to be expected given some special dynamical, chemical, biological, and land characteristics of the region. The Mediterranean region is often exposed to multiple stresses, such as a simultaneous water shortage and air pollution. This is a consequence of its unique location and emissions. One of the common stresses in North Africa is water shortage and distribution amongst the seasons. Air pollution can often add to the water stress. Air pollution occurs due to emissions in the region as well as from those transported from other areas and can occur when there is low water availability. Multiple stresses are likely to grow in the future when human induced stress is likely to increase due to the rapid industrialization of the region.

This NATO workshop was set up to discuss these issues in general, and the influence of chemical emissions and transformation in particular. This workshop was "special" because it involved a very large number of scientists (>75%) from the region, either from North Africa or the Mediterranean Europe. Many key issues, some of which are specific to this region, were identified. Details of the finding and suggestions are presented in the articles in this volume. The workshop was held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 23rd to 26th November 2006.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CNRS, Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs (LCSR), France

    A. Mellouki

  • Earth System Research Laboratory NOAA, R/CSD 2, Boulder, USA

    A. R. Ravishankara

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