Estimating future air-quality due to climate change: the Athens case study

Varotsos, K. V.; Giannakopoulos, C.; Tombrou, M.

doi:doi:10.5194/asr-6-117-2011

Adv. Sci. Res., 6, 117-121, 2011
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Estimating future air-quality due to climate change: the Athens case study

K. V. Varotsos^1,2, C. Giannakopoulos¹, and M. Tombrou²
¹Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
²Division of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Abstract. The aim of this study is to investigate the development of an empirical-statistical model in order to examine the potential impact of increasing future temperatures on ozone exceedance days in the Greater Athens Area. It is based on the concept that temperature is a capable predictor for the ozone concentrations and that in a future climate change world, the likelihood of ozone pollution episodes may increase.

Citation: Varotsos, K. V., Giannakopoulos, C., and Tombrou, M.: Estimating future air-quality due to climate change: the Athens case study, Adv. Sci. Res., 6, 117-121, doi:10.5194/asr-6-117-2011, 2011.

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