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Figure 6‐2c. Surface synoptic meteorological conditions for Europe at 0000 UTC on October<br />

26, 1994 56 hours after <strong>the</strong> release <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> PMCH tracer in ETEX (Source:<br />

http://rem.jrc.ec.europa.eu/etex/).<br />

Figure 6‐3 displays <strong>the</strong> spatial distribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> observed PMCH tracer concentration in pico‐<br />

grams per cubic meter (pgm ‐3 ) 24, 36, 48 <strong>and</strong> 60 hours after <strong>the</strong> release in Monterfil, France.<br />

During <strong>the</strong> first 24 hours after <strong>the</strong> release <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> PMCH, <strong>the</strong> tracer cloud was advected generally<br />

east‐nor<strong>the</strong>ast from <strong>the</strong> release point in northwestern France into <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />

Luxembourg <strong>and</strong> into western Germany. By 36 hours after <strong>the</strong> initial release, <strong>the</strong> tracer cloud<br />

had advected well into Germany (Figure 6‐3, top right). In this region, <strong>the</strong> wind flow split<br />

between <strong>the</strong> two cyclonic systems northwest <strong>and</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>ast <strong>of</strong> Germany (see Figure 6‐2),<br />

causing <strong>the</strong> tracer cloud to essentially bifurcate, with one portion advecting around <strong>the</strong> core <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> cyclonic system over <strong>the</strong> North Sea, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r portion advecting sou<strong>the</strong>ast towards <strong>the</strong><br />

cyclonic system in <strong>the</strong> Balkan Peninsula region. 48 <strong>and</strong> 60 hours after <strong>the</strong> tracer release (Figure<br />

6‐3, lower panels), <strong>the</strong> tracer cloud stretches from Norway to <strong>the</strong> Black Sea in a narrow<br />

northwest to sou<strong>the</strong>ast orientation.<br />

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