0

100

200

300

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12Month

CO

(ppbv)

0.00

0.25

0.50

0.75

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12Month

NO2

(ppbv)

Aethalometer

(880 nm, 1/Mm)

0

10

20

30

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Years

�ACTRIS (2011 – 2015)(Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases

Research InfraStructure Network)

http://www.actris.net (FP7)

�PEGASOS (2011 – 2014)(The Pan-European Gas-AeroSOls-climate interaction Study

http://pegasos.iceht.forth.gr (FP7)

�CITYZEN (2004 – 2008)(megaCITY - Zoom for the ENvironment)

https://wiki.met.no/cityzen/start (FP7)

�CIRCE (2008 – 2011)(climate change impacts in the Mediterranean area)

http://www.circeproject.eu (FP6)

�EUCAARI (2007 – 2011)(European Integrated project on Aerosol

Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions)

http://www.atm.helsinki.fi/eucaari (FP6)

�EUSAAR (2006 – 2011)

Projects

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24

10

100

800

SMPS

nm

0

20

40

60

80

100

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Months

Radon ( pC/m3 )

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Months (1997 - 2009)

Ozone

(ppbv)

PM10 concentration100

nss-SO4-2

(µgr/m3)

0.0

3.0

6.0

9.0

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

�EUSAAR (2006 – 2011)(European Supersites for Atmospheric Aerosol Research)

http://www.eusaar.net (EU-funded I3)

�ACCENT (2004 – 2010)(Atmospheric Composition Chanse

the European NeTwork of Excellence)

http://www.accent-network.org (FP6)

�PHOENICS (2002 – 2004)(Particles of Human Origin Extinguishing

Natural solar radiation In Climate Systems)

http://phoenics.chemistry.uoc.gr (FP5)

�ADIOS (2001 – 2004)Atmospheric Deposition and Impact

on the Open Mediterranean Sea)

http://forecast.uoa.gr/adios/index.html

(EVK3 CT 2000 00035)

�SUB-AERO (2000 – 2002)(Subgrid Scale Investigations of Factors Determining

the Occurence of Ozone and Fine Particles)

http://www.nilu.no/projects/sub-aero (FP5)

�MINOS (07/2001 -08/2001)Mediterranean INtensive Oxidant Study)

http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~reus/minos

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24Hours

(µg/m3)

0

20

40

60

80

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Years (day average)

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

16 17 18

April 2005

PM10

(µgr/m3)

http://www.mpch-mainz.mpg.de/~reus/minos

�EL CID (1999 – 2001)(Evaluation of the Climatic Impact of Dimethyl Sulphide)

(EVK2 CT 1999 00033)

�MEDUSE (1996 – 1998)(MEditerranean DUSt Experiment) (ENV4- CT95

•EBAShttp://ebas.nilu.no

•EMEP (only ozone)(European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme)

http://www.emep.int

•Create(Construction, use and delivery of a European aerosol

http://www.nilu.no/projects/ccc/create

•Aeronet(Aerosol Robotic Network)

http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov

Databases

University of Crete

Finokalia Station(35o 20' N, 25o 40' E, 250 m asl)

(http://finokalia.chemistry.uoc.gr)

interaction Study)

climate change impacts in the Mediterranean area)

Environmental Chemical

Processes Laboratory

80

European Supersites for Atmospheric Aerosol Research)

(Subgrid Scale Investigations of Factors Determining

08/2001)

ContactProf. Nikos Mihalopoulos (mihalo@chemistry.uoc.gr)

Prof. Euripides Stephanou (stephanou@chemistry.uoc.gr)

For data request: Dr. Giorgos Kouvarakis, (kouvarak@chemistry.uoc.gr )

Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory

Department of Chemistry - University of Crete

P.O. Box 2208 - 71003, Voutes, Heraklion, Greece

0

20

40

60

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009

Years

Oz

on

e (

pp

bv)

(Evaluation of the Climatic Impact of Dimethyl Sulphide)

CT95-0036)

rogramme)

of a European aerosol database)

FINOKALIA monitoring station of the Environmental

Chemical Processes Laboratory, Chemistry Department,

University of Crete, is located on the north coast of Crete

70 km to the East of Heraklion that is the nearest large

urban centre (150 000 inhabitants). The station is facing

In the East Mediterranean

characterized by

distinguished seasons

through out the year

April to September)

October to April).

5-days backward

that the dry season

to 90%) by winds

and Eastern Europe

speed. During the wet

the N/NW sector

important transport

occurrence up to 20Temperature

(oC)

30

urban centre (150 000 inhabitants). The station is facing

the sea within a sector 270o to 90o. The nearest village

(10 inhabitants) is at 3 km to the south of the station. No

significant human activities occur within 15km in that

‘sea’ sector.

The station is part of the EUSAAR (European Supersites

for Atmospheric Aerosol Research) and ACTRIS

(ACTRIS (Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research

InfraStructure) Networks and also reports to the EMEP

database.

Fre

qu

en

cy

%

(oC)

0

10

20

Wind Speed

(m/s)

4

5

6

7

8

Humidity

(%)

55

65

75

85

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 122001 - 2007

Measurements�Aerosols Sampling (low volume), (since 10/1996)

(Ions, Metalls, Organic, PON, P)

�Aerosols Sampling (High volume), (since 10/1996)

(Organic compounds)

�Gas Phase Sampling (low volume), (since 10/1996)

�VI (Virtual Impactors), (since 07/2004)

aerosol sampler (fine - coarse mode)

�SDI (Small Deposit area Impactors), (since 07/2004)

aerosol sampler (12 collecting stages)

Mediterranean, Finokalia is

the existence of two well-

seasons equally distributed

year: The dry season (from

September) and the wet season (from

trajectory analysis showed

season is mainly characterized (up

of N/NW direction (Central

Europe and Balkans) and high

wet season the prevalence of

is less pronounced while

transport from Sahara (S/SW winds;

20%) takes place.

100%

�PM1 aerosol sampler, (since 07/2007)

�Wet Deposition Sampling, (since 10/1996)

(Ions, Metals, Organic, PON, P)

�Dry Deposition Sampling, (since 10/1996)

(Ions, Metals, Organic, PON, P)

�Meteorological Station, (since 10/1996)

(Win Speed, Win Direction, Relative Humidity, Temperature, Solar Radiation)

�Ozone (49C Thermo / 1008 Dasibi), (since 08/1997)

�NO / NO2 (42C Thermo), (since 09/1998)

�CO, (48C thermo), (since 09/1998)

�JO1D, (from 07/2001 Until 02/2006) / JNO2, (since 07/2001)

1997 - 2006

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12Month

Fre

qu

en

cy

%

NE N NW W S/SW E

�JO1D, (from 07/2001 Until 02/2006) / JNO2, (since 07/2001)

�Aethalometer (AE-30 Magee), (since 10/1996)

�PM10 mass measurement (FH 62 I-R thermo), (since 08/2004)

�Radon / Thoron, (since 07/2000)

�Nephelometer (M903 - Radiance Research), (since 07/2001)

�PSAP (Particle Soot Absorption Photometer)

(Radiance Research), (from 07/2001 Until 06/2008)

�SMPS (Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer), (since 06/2008)

�PILS (Particle Into Liquid Sampler), (since 07/2011)