Desert Dust Outbreaks over Mediterranean Basin: A Modeling, Observational, and Synoptic Analysis Approach

Table 2

Saharan dust and PM₁₀ concentrations, in 𝜇g/m³, during the period of the Saharan intrusion of June 2006, for the six sampling sites (“—” indicates a contribution below the minimum detection limit).

	Firenze		Capannori		Grosseto
	Saharan  dust	PM10	Saharan dust	PM10	Saharan dust	PM10
18/06/2006	2	22	2	24	—	18
19/06/2006	6	30	4	32	3	24
20/06/2006	14	42	9	38	5	27
21/06/2006	19	46	12	44	15	40
22/06/2006	23	56	14	48	22	51
23/06/2006	10	41	9	42	14	42
24/06/2006	8	42	6	45	3	31
25/06/2006	8	41	7	46	5	32
26/06/2006	12	44	8	40	9	37
27/06/2006	13	50	14	49	11	44
28/06/2006	21	57	17	51	18	50
	Arezzo		Prato		Livorno
	Saharan  dust	PM10	Saharan  dust	PM10	Saharan  dust	PM10
30/06/2006	8	36	11	44	19	50
01/07/2006	4	15	2	25	6	40
02/07/2006	—	11	—	15	2	31