An Assessment of the Efficiency of Dust Regional Modelling to Predict Saharan Dust Transport Episodes

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center" colspan="4">Site</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"></td><td align="center">Finokalia</td><td align="center">Thrakomakedones</td><td align="center">Volos</td><td align="center">Panorama</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of days when predicted PM10 surface concentration exceeds the threshold value (12 <svg height="12.175" id="M19" style="vertical-align:-3.56265pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 9.5625 12.175" width="9.5625" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>g/m<sup>3</sup>)</td><td align="center">134</td><td align="center">67</td><td align="center">49</td><td align="center">20</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Number of events identified</td><td align="center">78</td><td align="center">41</td><td align="center">32</td><td align="center">11</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Statistics for the selected dust outbreaks during the examined 7-year period.

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Table 2: An Assessment of the Efficiency of Dust Regional Modelling to Predict Saharan Dust Transport Episodes 