Kalliopi Florou

TL;DR: In this paper, the composition of fine particulate matter (PM) in two major Greek cities (Athens and Patras) was measured during two wintertime campaigns, one conducted in 2013 and the other in 2012.

TL;DR: In this paper, a high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) and a proton-transfer-reaction mass analyzer (PTR-MS) were used to characterize the aerosol and gas phase emissions from Greek souvlakia with pork using a commercial charbroiler.

TL;DR: In this paper, the concentration and chemical composition of nonrefractory fine particulate matter (NR-PM1) and black carbon (BC) levels were measured during the summer of 2012 in the suburbs of two Greek cities, Patras and Athens, in an effort to better understand the chemical processing of particles in the high photochemical activity environment of the eastern Mediterranean.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-stage methodology for investigating particulate pollution is developed and implemented for the case study area of Patras, Greece, where a low cost particulate matter mass monitor was used to assess aerosol mass concentrations indicating that the city, despite its small size (population around 200,000) and lack of heavy industry, violates both the daily and annual European Union PM standards.

TL;DR: For instance, during the summer of 2012 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were monitored by proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) in urban sites, in Athens and Patras, two of the largest cities in Greece.