Editors:
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Climate and its Variability: Global and Regional Perspective
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Details of Chemical and Aerosols Processes
About this book
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
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CNRS, Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs (LCSR), France
A. Mellouki
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Earth System Research Laboratory NOAA, R/CSD 2, Boulder, USA
A. R. Ravishankara
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Regional Climate Variability and its Impacts in the Mediterranean Area
Editors: A. Mellouki, A. R. Ravishankara
Series Title: NATO Science Series: IV:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6429-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6427-2Published: 01 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6428-9Due: 01 October 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6429-6Published: 23 September 2007
Series ISSN: 1568-1238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 316
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Ecotoxicology