RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Columnar and surface aerosol load over the Iberian Peninsula establishing annual cycles, trends, and relationships in five geographical sectors A1 Mateos Villán, David A1 Cachorro Revilla, Victoria Eugenia A1 Toledano Olmeda, Carlos A1 Burgos Pérez, Ana María A1 Bennouna, Yasmine A1 Torres, Benjamín A1 Fuertes Cocho, David A1 González, Ramiro A1 Guirado Fuentes, Carmen A1 Calle Montes, Abel A1 Frutos Baraja, Ángel Máximo de AB The study of atmospheric aerosol load over the Iberian Peninsula (IP) under a climatological perspective is accomplished by means of PM10 and AOD440nm measurements from EMEP and AERONET networks, respectively, in the period 2000-2013. The PM10 annual cycles in five Iberian sectors show a main maximum in summer and a secondary in spring, which is only observed in the southern area for the AOD climatology. The characteristics of PM10-AOD annual cycles of each geographical sector are explained by the different climatology of the air mass origins and their apportioning. The two magnitudes are correlated with a factor ranging between 20 and 90 depending on the sector. The temporal evolution of the aerosol load has shown a notable decrease in the IP since the 1980s. Statistically significant trends are obtained in the Northeastern sector with a reduction of 26% (period 1985-2000) for the total suspended particles, which continues for the PM10 data with a value of 35% per decade (2001-2013), and also in the whole column, 61% per decade in the AOD440nm (2004-2013). PB ELSEVIER YR 2015 FD 2015 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31923 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/31923 LA eng NO Science of The Total Environment 518–519, 378-392 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 17-jul-2024