Author(s)

D.N. Asimakopoulos, C.G. Helmis, K.H. Papadopoulos, J.A. Kalogiros, A.T. Soilemes & M. Petrakis

Abstract

According to past experience, the nearly stagnant conditions caused by the presumed equilibrium between the Saronikos Gulf sea breeze and an opposing synoptic flow is identified as the principal mechanism leading to high pollution episodes in Athens during the summer. Previous experimental work could not answer several questions related to air mass flow over the "transitional" areas of the Athens Basin such as the offshore, the coastal regions and the natural openings. In this context, recent experimental work focuses on the inland propagation of the southerly sea

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