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During the development of the EC’s MECAPIP and RECAPMA projects, several aspects of the summer atmospheric circulations and associated air pollution dynamics over Spain and the Western Mediterranean were identified (Millàn, et al., 1992, Mantilla, et al., 1994). Threedimensional structures of the summer combined mesoscale circulatory systems were deduced. During the day, sea breezes develop in the coastal areas and can become reinforced due to the orographic uplift, depending on topographical orientation. In the peninsular areas, mesoscale circulation develops into a thermal low system. These circulations draw air inland from the lower atmospheric layers and they tend to further reinforce the subsidence over the colder sea. Associated return flows, influenced by topography, move towards the cold Mediterranean and Atlantic sea under a general level of subsidence aloof. At night, the Iberian Termal Low relaxes and subsidence predominates over the whole region.
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Salvador, R., Mantilla, E., Salazar, M.J., Millán, M. (1996). Air Pollution in the Mediterranean: Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling. In: Allegrini, I., De Santis, F. (eds) Urban Air Pollution. NATO ASI Series, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61120-9_27
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