Aliki Christodoulou, Spyros Bezantakos, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, Iasonas Stavroulas, Michael Pikridas, Konstantina Oikonomou, Minas Iakovides, Salwa K Hassan, Mohamed Boraiy, Mostafa El-Nazer, Ali Wheida, Magdy Abdelwahab, Roland Sarda-Estève, Martin Rigler, Giorgos Biskos, Charbel Afif, Agnes Borbon, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Stéphane Sauvage, Jean Sciare
Greater Cairo, the largest megacity of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, is currently suffering from major aerosol pollution, posing a significant threat to public health. However, the main sources of pollution remain insufficiently characterized due to limited atmospheric observations. To bridge this knowledge gap, we conducted a continuous 2-month field study during the winter of 2019-2020 at an urban background site, documenting for the first time the chemical and physical properties of submicron (PM1 ) aerosols...
March 27, 2024: Environment International