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2. Impact of Precursor Compounds Associated with Long-Range Transport in the East Asia Region—Variation in CO/CO 2 and VOCs.
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Kim, Minwook, Song, Myoungki, Oh, Sea-Ho, Yu, Geun-Hye, Choe, Seoyeong, Jeon, Hajeong, Kim, Jin-Ho, and Bae, Min-Suk
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CARBON dioxide ,VOLATILE organic compounds ,RATIO analysis ,AEROSOLS ,NAPHTHALENE - Abstract
In this study, the impact of long-range transport, one of the factors contributing to the presence of PM
2.5 , was examined, and an analysis of marker compounds associated with its long-range transport was conducted. Aerosol optical depth, wind field, CO/CO2 back-trajectory analysis, and satellite observation results were performed to determine PM2.5 , volatile organic compound (VOC), CO, CO2 , SO2 , O3 , NO, NO2 , and NH3 levels at an orchard located in Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea. The characteristic of long-range transport at the observation area was evaluated during the research period. The concentrations for long-range transport based on concentration changes in gaseous materials and composition changes in PM2.5 were analyzed. A back-trajectory analysis for the ratio of CO to CO2 with satellite observation results was used to identify long-range transport. Furthermore, the proportionality between the ratio of 1,2-dichloroethane to naphthalene in VOCs and the quantity of precursor compounds linked to long-range transport were observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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3. Impact of Precursor Compounds Associated with Long-Range Transport in the East Asia Region—Variation in CO/CO2 and VOCs
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Minwook Kim, Myoungki Song, Sea-Ho Oh, Geun-Hye Yu, Seoyeong Choe, Hajeong Jeon, Jin-Ho Kim, and Min-Suk Bae
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VOC ,long range transport ,aged PM ,1,2-dichloroethane ,Technology ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Physics ,QC1-999 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
In this study, the impact of long-range transport, one of the factors contributing to the presence of PM2.5, was examined, and an analysis of marker compounds associated with its long-range transport was conducted. Aerosol optical depth, wind field, CO/CO2 back-trajectory analysis, and satellite observation results were performed to determine PM2.5, volatile organic compound (VOC), CO, CO2, SO2, O3, NO, NO2, and NH3 levels at an orchard located in Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea. The characteristic of long-range transport at the observation area was evaluated during the research period. The concentrations for long-range transport based on concentration changes in gaseous materials and composition changes in PM2.5 were analyzed. A back-trajectory analysis for the ratio of CO to CO2 with satellite observation results was used to identify long-range transport. Furthermore, the proportionality between the ratio of 1,2-dichloroethane to naphthalene in VOCs and the quantity of precursor compounds linked to long-range transport were observed.
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- 2023
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4. Editorial: The atmospheric microbiota II: Microbial biomarkers and imprint of biological activity in the atmosphere
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Pierre Amato, Tina Šantl-Temkiv, and Angelica Bianco
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atmosphere ,biodiversity ,microbial activity ,long range transport ,bioactive compounds ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Published
- 2022
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5. Editorial: The atmospheric microbiota II: Microbial biomarkers and imprint of biological activity in the atmosphere.
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Amato, Pierre, Šantl-Temkiv, Tina, and Bianco, Angelica
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BIOMARKERS ,ATMOSPHERE - Published
- 2022
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6. Large Circulation Patterns Strongly Modulate Long‐Term Variability of Arctic Black Carbon Levels and Areas of Origin.
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Stathopoulos, V. K., Evangeliou, N., Stohl, A., Vratolis, S., Matsoukas, C., and Eleftheriadis, K.
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CARBON-black , *NORTH Atlantic oscillation , *ARCTIC climate , *ABSORPTION coefficients , *ATMOSPHERIC circulation , *SOOT - Abstract
Black Carbon (BC) aerosol is a major climate forcer in the Arctic. Here, we present 15 years (2001–2015) of surface observations of the aerosol absorption coefficient babs (corresponding to Equivalent BC), obtained at the Zeppelin Observatory, Ny Ålesund, Svalbard, coupled with backward transport modeling with Flexpart in order to calculate the Potential Source Contribution Function (PSCF) for BC. The observed long‐term variability superimposed on a strong annual cycle is studied as a function of large‐scale circulation patterns represented by monthly index values for the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Scandinavian pattern (SCAN). We find a 35% increase of babs values at Zeppelin during the SCAN− phase in the winter half‐year compared to the SCAN+ phase but no significant difference in babs values between the NAO index phases. Both NAO and SCAN induce significant regional variability on the areas of origin of babs, mainly Siberia, Europe, and North America. Plain Language Summary: Here, we investigate the effect of the most important large circulation patterns for the European Arctic, namely the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Scandinavian (SCAN) patterns on the light absorbing carbon aerosol reaching the highly important area experiencing the effects of climate change as found before. We report important first time findings for an extended observation record of 15 years of aerosol light absorbing carbon, which was never been employed before as a continuous long record, and we performed the first rigorous assessment of the impact of large atmospheric circulation patterns like NAO and SCAN on the transport of black carbon aerosol expressed as the climate relevant aerosol absorption coefficient (babs) for the first time. We find a significant 35% increase in babs at Zeppelin during one of the phases of the SCAN. However, a significant regional variability induced by both NAO and SCAN phases is revealed. These findings allow a better quantified estimate of the fate of emissions over the years in the Northern Hemisphere and a better assessment of their influence in the observed BC metrics in the Artic. Key Points: An extended 15 years' observation record of Arctic aerosol light absorbing carbon is employedLarge‐scale circulation patterns appear to induce a long‐term modulation in aerosol absorption coefficient (babs) with regional featuresA 35% increase is found in babs at Zeppelin during the negative Scandinavian pattern (SCAN) phase in the 6‐month cold period compared to the positive SCAN phase [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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7. Australian Fires 2019–2020: Tropospheric and Stratospheric Pollution Throughout the Whole Fire Season
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Corinna Kloss, Pasquale Sellitto, Marc von Hobe, Gwenaël Berthet, Dan Smale, Gisèle Krysztofiak, Chaoyang Xue, Chenxi Qiu, Fabrice Jégou, Inès Ouerghemmi, and Bernard Legras
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australian wildfires ,biomass burning tracers ,upper troposphere/lower stratosphere ,fire plume ,long range transport ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
The historically large and severe wildfires in Australia from September 2019 to March 2020 are known to have injected a smoke plume into the stratosphere around New Year, due to pyro-cumulonimbus (pyro-Cb) activity, that was subsequently distributed throughout the Southern Hemisphere (SH). We show with satellite, ground based remote sensing, and in situ observations that the fires before New Year, had already a substantial impact on the SH atmosphere, starting as early as September 2019, with subsequent long-range transport of trace gas plumes in the upper-troposphere. Airborne in situ measurements above Southern Argentina in November 2019 show elevated CO mixing ratios at an altitude of 11 km and can be traced back using FLEXPART trajectories to the Australian fires in mid-November 2019. Ground based solar-FTS (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy) observations of biomass burning tracers CO, HCN and C2H6 at Lauder, South Island, New Zealand show enhanced tropospheric columns already starting in September 2019. In MLS observations averaged over 30°–60°S, enhanced CO mixing ratios compared to previous years become visible in late October 2019 only at and below the 147 hPa pressure level. Peak differences are found with satellite and ground-based observations for all altitude levels in the Southern Hemisphere in January. With still increased aerosol values following the Ulawun eruption in 2019, averaged satellite observations show no clear stratospheric and upper-tropospheric aerosol enhancements from the Australian fires, before the pyro-Cb events at the end of December 2019. However, with the clear enhancement of fire tracers, we suggest the period September to December 2019 (prior to the major pyro-Cb events) should be taken into account in terms of fire pollutant emissions when studying the impact of the Australian fires on the SH atmosphere.
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- 2021
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8. Using a New Top‐Down Constrained Emissions Inventory to Attribute the Previously Unknown Source of Extreme Aerosol Loadings Observed Annually in the Monsoon Asia Free Troposphere
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Shuo Wang, Jason Blake Cohen, Weizhi Deng, Kai Qin, and Jianping Guo
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emissions ,extreme events ,long range transport ,aerosols ,remote sensing ,free troposphere ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
Abstract The contribution of biomass burning to the total aerosol loading over Monsoon Asia is both significant and continuing to increase. To better match the spatio‐temporal distribution of aerosols and trace gasses observed in the free troposphere, this work applied a 3‐D constrained emission inventory based on top‐down remotely sensed NO2 measurement to investigate the most extreme of the annually occurring biomass burning seasons in Monsoon Asia. In 2016, this constituted an extreme event observed over a 6‐day period covering millions of square kilometers, including over regions that are typically in the rainy phase of the Asian Monsoon. The results are shown to be consistent with respect to Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission precipitation, AERONET measurements, MODIS AOD, MOPITT CO, and reanalysis meteorology, over both the biomass burning source as well as the millions of square kilometers downwind both to the East and to the Southwest. Reproducing the observed long‐range transport pattern requires the time of biomass burning to be increased, regions not previously identified as burning to be actual source regions, and the emissions of Black Carbon (BC) to be 6.6 to 11.9 times larger than current inventories. The underlying mechanism for this long‐range transport involves a new 3‐D pathway that can occur during the transition from the North phase to the South phase of the Asian Monsoon. The results are also consistent with the new idea that large loadings of BC in the lower free troposphere may significantly affect the meteorological field and the overall vertical distribution of aerosols in the tropical troposphere.
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- 2021
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9. Using a New Top‐Down Constrained Emissions Inventory to Attribute the Previously Unknown Source of Extreme Aerosol Loadings Observed Annually in the Monsoon Asia Free Troposphere.
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Wang, Shuo, Cohen, Jason Blake, Deng, Weizhi, Qin, Kai, and Guo, Jianping
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EMISSION inventories ,TROPOSPHERIC aerosols ,SOOT ,AEROSOLS ,TROPOSPHERE ,BIOMASS burning ,MONSOONS - Abstract
The contribution of biomass burning to the total aerosol loading over Monsoon Asia is both significant and continuing to increase. To better match the spatio‐temporal distribution of aerosols and trace gasses observed in the free troposphere, this work applied a 3‐D constrained emission inventory based on top‐down remotely sensed NO2 measurement to investigate the most extreme of the annually occurring biomass burning seasons in Monsoon Asia. In 2016, this constituted an extreme event observed over a 6‐day period covering millions of square kilometers, including over regions that are typically in the rainy phase of the Asian Monsoon. The results are shown to be consistent with respect to Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission precipitation, AERONET measurements, MODIS AOD, MOPITT CO, and reanalysis meteorology, over both the biomass burning source as well as the millions of square kilometers downwind both to the East and to the Southwest. Reproducing the observed long‐range transport pattern requires the time of biomass burning to be increased, regions not previously identified as burning to be actual source regions, and the emissions of Black Carbon (BC) to be 6.6 to 11.9 times larger than current inventories. The underlying mechanism for this long‐range transport involves a new 3‐D pathway that can occur during the transition from the North phase to the South phase of the Asian Monsoon. The results are also consistent with the new idea that large loadings of BC in the lower free troposphere may significantly affect the meteorological field and the overall vertical distribution of aerosols in the tropical troposphere. Plain Language Summary: A new top‐down 3‐D emission inventory based on NO2 measurements is used to investigate the spatial‐temporal distribution of extreme aerosol events spread over millions of square kilometers observed in March 2016, as confirmed by independent observations of aerosols, trace gasses, and precipitation. The results show a 6.6–11.9 times increase in Black Carbon emissions from known but underestimated and previously unidentified sources in Eastern India and Northern Southeast Asia. These new sources are required for models to successfully match extreme events measured over a 6‐day period as far away as in Singapore, Malaysia, Sumatra, Taiwan, and the Western Pacific. The transport pathway involves a complicated 3‐D pathway of lofting to the free troposphere and interaction with the change in the East Asian Monsoon. This work helps to understand how aerosols from new or misunderstood sources in South and Southeast Asia may ultimately impact the environment both locally and thousands of kilometers away, and provide a pathway to analyze such previously untraceable events. Key Points: New constrained emissions provide the best daily to weekly scale model fit with independent measurements in space, time, and magnitudeIncreases in Black Carbon emissions from 6.6 to 11.9 times are required to match the observed aerosol loadings in free tropospheric Monsoon AsiaA new spatiotemporal pathway is observed to transport aerosols far both to the southwest and to the east to match extreme aerosol events [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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10. Evidence of PCDD/Fs and PCBs Contamination in Trees Grown in Forests Far from Their Production and Contamination-Free Areas
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Yasuhara, A, Katami, T, and Shibamoto, T
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Environmental Sciences ,Pollution and Contamination ,Benzofurans ,Dibenzofurans ,Polychlorinated ,Environmental Pollutants ,Fagus ,Pinus ,Polychlorinated Biphenyls ,Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins ,Specimen Handling ,Trees ,Waste Water ,Dioxins ,PCBs ,Long range transport ,Tree samples ,Wastewater ,Chemical Sciences ,Chemical sciences ,Environmental sciences - Abstract
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in trees grown in pathless forests were analyzed to investigate their dispersal patterns in the atmosphere. The pg/g levels of 23 PCCD, 22 PCDF, and 54 PCB congeners were identified. The total amount of PCDDs in the red pine tree sample (95.8 pg/g) was approximately 7 times that in the beech tree sample (13.2 pg/g). The total amount of PCDFs in the red pine tree sample (71.1 pg/g) was also approximately 7 times that in the beech tree sample (11.1 pg/g). The total amounts of PCBs in the red pine tree and beech tree samples were 1,380 and 1,150 pg/g, respectively. The (Cl1-Cl3)-PCBs comprised 63.1 % and 67.6 % of total PCBs in the red pine and in the beech, respectively. The results of the present study indicate that PCDD/Fs and PCBs are transferred over long distances in the atmosphere and accumulated in the contamination-free areas.
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11. Corrigendum to Aerosol impacts on California winter clouds and precipitation during CalWater 2011: local pollution versus long-range transported dust published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 81-101, 2014
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Fan, J., Leung, L. R, DeMott, P. J, Comstock, J. M, Singh, B., Rosenfeld, D., Tomlinson, J. M, White, A., Prather, K. A, Minnis, P., Ayers, J. K, and Min, Q.
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aerosol composition ,aerosol formation ,anthropogenic source ,cloud cover ,cloud microphysics ,dust ,long range transport ,particle size ,precipitation (chemistry) ,size distribution - Published
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12. Aerosol impacts on California winter clouds and precipitation during CalWater 2011: local pollution versus long-range transported dust
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Fan, J., Leung, L. R, DeMott, P. J, Comstock, J. M, Singh, B., Rosenfeld, D., Tomlinson, J. M, White, A., Prather, K. A, Minnis, P., Ayers, J. K, and Min, Q.
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aerosol composition ,aerosol formation ,anthropogenic source ,cloud cover ,cloud microphysics ,dust ,long range transport ,particle size ,precipitation (chemistry) ,size distribution - Abstract
Mineral dust aerosols often observed over California in winter and spring, associated with long-range transport from Asia and the Sahara, have been linked to enhanced precipitation based on observations. Local anthropogenic pollution, on the other hand, was shown in previous observational and modeling studies to reduce precipitation. Here we incorporate recent developments in ice nucleation parameterizations to link aerosols with ice crystal formation in a spectral-bin cloud microphysical model coupled with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model in order to examine the relative and combined impacts of dust and local pollution particles on cloud properties and precipitation type and intensity. Simulations are carried out for two cloud cases (from the CalWater 2011 field campaign) with contrasting meteorology and cloud dynamics that occurred on 16 February (FEB16) and 2 March (MAR02). In both cases, observations show the presence of dust and biological particles in a relative pristine environment. The simulated cloud microphysical properties and precipitation show reasonable agreement with aircraft and surface measurements. Model sensitivity experiments indicate that in the pristine environment, the dust and biological aerosol layers increase the accumulated precipitation by 10–20% from the Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada for both FEB16 and MAR02 due to a ~40% increase in snow formation, validating the observational hypothesis. Model results show that local pollution increases precipitation over the windward slope of the mountains by a few percent due to increased snow formation when dust is present, but reduces precipitation by 5–8% if dust is removed on FEB16. The effects of local pollution on cloud microphysics and precipitation strongly depend on meteorology, including cloud dynamics and the strength of the Sierra Barrier Jet. This study further underscores the importance of the interactions between local pollution, dust, and environmental conditions for assessing aerosol effects on cold-season precipitation in California.
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13. Altitude Aerosol Measurements in Central France: Seasonality, Sources and Free‐Troposphere/Boundary Layer Segregation
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A. Farah, E. Freney, F. Canonaco, A. S. H. Prévôt, J‐M. Pichon, M. Abboud, W. Farah, and K. Sellegri
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aerosol chemical speciation monitor ,boundary layer/free troposphere ,high altitude site ,long range transport ,organic aerosol sources ,Astronomy ,QB1-991 ,Geology ,QE1-996.5 - Abstract
Abstract The chemical composition of nonrefractory submicron aerosol particles was measured at the Puy‐de‐Dôme (PUY) station (1,465 m a.s.l) during 2015 using a Time‐of‐Flight Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ToF‐ACSM). These aerosol chemistry measurements are combined with online black carbon (BC) measurements to provide an overview of the submicron aerosol composition. Averaged over the entire year, and normalized to standard temperature and pressure, organic aerosol (OA) dominates the PM1 concentration during all seasons and within all air mass types (2.12 ± 1.73 µgm−3), and is responsible for summertime increases in aerosol concentration. Highest mass concentrations were measured during the summer, when air masses were arriving over mainland Europe and lowest in the winter months (when most air masses were of Atlantic origin). OA source apportionment was performed separately during each season, using the Source Finder (SoFi) interface for the multilinear engine. The PUY site, situated at 1,465 m a.s.l, although mainly sampling in the atmospheric boundary layer, it is sometimes sampling in the lower free troposphere (FT), providing the opportunity to identify the characteristics of FT aerosol. In order to accurately identify these sampling periods, the methodology described in Farah et al. (2018), during the same time period (2015/2016), was applied to the data. During this period, FT air masses are sampled approximately 20% of the time. This work provides, on one hand, a description of long‐term aerosol chemical properties at a remote regional site in central Europe and, on the other hand a characteristic chemical signature of FT aerosols over this region. This data can be used to improve our understanding of the transport and aging properties of aerosols at regional observation sites.
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- 2021
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14. Altitude Aerosol Measurements in Central France: Seasonality, Sources and Free‐Troposphere/Boundary Layer Segregation.
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Farah, A., Freney, E., Canonaco, F., Prévôt, A. S. H., Pichon, J‐M., Abboud, M., Farah, W., and Sellegri, K.
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ALTITUDE measurements , *ATMOSPHERIC boundary layer , *AIR masses , *TROPOSPHERIC aerosols , *BIOMASS burning , *CARBONACEOUS aerosols , *CHEMICAL speciation - Abstract
The chemical composition of nonrefractory submicron aerosol particles was measured at the Puy‐de‐Dôme (PUY) station (1,465 m a.s.l) during 2015 using a Time‐of‐Flight Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ToF‐ACSM). These aerosol chemistry measurements are combined with online black carbon (BC) measurements to provide an overview of the submicron aerosol composition. Averaged over the entire year, and normalized to standard temperature and pressure, organic aerosol (OA) dominates the PM1 concentration during all seasons and within all air mass types (2.12 ± 1.73 µgm−3), and is responsible for summertime increases in aerosol concentration. Highest mass concentrations were measured during the summer, when air masses were arriving over mainland Europe and lowest in the winter months (when most air masses were of Atlantic origin). OA source apportionment was performed separately during each season, using the Source Finder (SoFi) interface for the multilinear engine. The PUY site, situated at 1,465 m a.s.l, although mainly sampling in the atmospheric boundary layer, it is sometimes sampling in the lower free troposphere (FT), providing the opportunity to identify the characteristics of FT aerosol. In order to accurately identify these sampling periods, the methodology described in Farah et al. (2018), during the same time period (2015/2016), was applied to the data. During this period, FT air masses are sampled approximately 20% of the time. This work provides, on one hand, a description of long‐term aerosol chemical properties at a remote regional site in central Europe and, on the other hand a characteristic chemical signature of FT aerosols over this region. This data can be used to improve our understanding of the transport and aging properties of aerosols at regional observation sites. Key Points: Statistical analysis of one year of aerosol chemical data at the Puy‐de‐Dome research stationEvidence of biomass burning injections into free troposphere (FT) during spring seasonsChemical signature of FT aerosol particles identified [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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15. Triple Water Vapour–Isotopologues Record from Chhota Shigri, Western Himalaya, India: A Unified Interpretation based on δ17O, δ18O, δD and Comparison to Meteorological Parameters
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S. Ranjan, AL. Ramanathan, Tirumalesh Keesari, Virendra B. Singh, Naveen Kumar, Manish Pandey, and Markus C. Leuenberger
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Water vapour ,isotopologues ,Himalaya ,microclimate ,moisture source ,long range transport ,Science - Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate and understand the source and transportation of water vapour in the western Himalayan region—that is still missing—using water vapour stable isotopologues and air mass trajectory diagnostics. We report the first-time triple oxygen isotopic compositions of water vapour from high altitude western Himalaya (Chhota Shigri, India) and compare them with meteorological conditions at the site of investigation as well as tracked backwards through the Lagrangian air mass trajectory diagnostics. A total of 21 water vapour samples were collected using a quantitative cryogenic method. δ17O and δ18O values show a significant correlation coefficient of 0.999 (p
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- 2021
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16. The Radiative Role of Free Tropospheric Aerosols and Marine Clouds over the Central North Atlantic
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Helmig, Detlev [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)]
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- 2014
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17. Attribution of the Arctic ozone column deficit in March 2011
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Isaksen, I. S. A, Zerefos, C., Wang, W.-C., Balis, D., Eleftheratos, K., Rognerud, B., Stordal, F., Berntsen, T. K, LaCasce, J. H, Søvde, O. A, Olivié, D., Orsolini, Y. J, Zyrichidou, I., Prather, M., and Tuinder, O. N. E
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aerosol composition ,aerosol formation ,anthropogenic source ,cloud cover ,cloud microphysics ,dust ,long range transport ,particle size ,precipitation (chemistry) ,size distribution - Abstract
Arctic column ozone reached record low values (∼310 DU) during March of 2011, exposing Arctic ecosystems to enhanced UV-B. We identify the cause of this anomaly using the Oslo CTM2 atmospheric chemistry model driven by ECMWF meteorology to simulate Arctic ozone from 1998 through 2011. CTM2 successfully reproduces the variability in column ozone, from week to week, and from year to year, correctly identifying 2011 as an extreme anomaly over the period. By comparing parallel model simulations, one with all Arctic ozone chemistry turned off on January 1, we find that chemical ozone loss in 2011 is enhanced relative to previous years, but it accounted for only 23% of the anomaly. Weakened transport of ozone from middle latitudes, concurrent with an anomalously strong polar vortex, was the primary cause of the low ozone When the zonal winds relaxed in mid-March 2011, Arctic column ozone quickly recovered.
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- 2012
18. Origin and role of the cerebrospinal fluid bidirectional flow in the central canal
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Olivier Thouvenin, Ludovic Keiser, Yasmine Cantaut-Belarif, Martin Carbo-Tano, Frederik Verweij, Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi, Pierre-Luc Bardet, Guillaume van Niel, Francois Gallaire, and Claire Wyart
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cerebrospinal fluid ,fluid dynamics ,cilia dynamics ,long range transport ,embryogenesis ,central canal ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Circulation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) contributes to body axis formation and brain development. Here, we investigated the unexplained origins of the CSF flow bidirectionality in the central canal of the spinal cord of 30 hpf zebrafish embryos and its impact on development. Experiments combined with modeling and simulations demonstrate that the CSF flow is generated locally by caudally-polarized motile cilia along the ventral wall of the central canal. The closed geometry of the canal imposes the average flow rate to be null, explaining the reported bidirectionality. We also demonstrate that at this early stage, motile cilia ensure the proper formation of the central canal. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the bidirectional flow accelerates the transport of particles in the CSF via a coupled convective-diffusive transport process. Our study demonstrates that cilia activity combined with muscle contractions sustain the long-range transport of extracellular lipidic particles, enabling embryonic growth.
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- 2020
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19. Air Quality Measurements in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Using Multisensor Mini Monitoring Stations
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Wisam Mohammed, Nicole Shantz, Lucas Neil, Tom Townend, Adrian Adamescu, and Hind A. Al-Abadleh
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air quality ,local emissions ,carbon monoxide ,Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) ,Kitchener Ontario ,long range transport ,Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
The Region of Waterloo is the third fastest growing region in Southern Ontario in Canada with a population of 619,000 as of 2019. However, only one air quality monitoring station, located in a city park in Kitchener, Ontario, is currently being used to assess the air quality of the region. In September 2020, a network of AQMesh Multisensor Mini Monitoring Stations (pods) were installed near elementary schools in Kitchener located near different types of emission source. Data analysis using a custom-made long-distance scaling software showed that the levels of nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2), ground level ozone (O3), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) were traffic related. These pollutants were used to calculate the Air Quality Health Index-Plus (AQHI+) at each location, highlighting the inability of the provincial air quality monitoring station to detect hotspot areas in the city. The case study presented here quantified the impact of the 2021 summer wildfires on the local air quality at a high time resolution (15-min). The findings in this article show that these multisensor pods are a viable alternative to expensive research-grade equipment. The results highlight the need for networks of local scale air quality measurements, particularly in fast-growing cities in Canada.
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- 2022
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20. Subseasonal Variability of Elevated Dust Concentrations Over South Florida.
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Kramer, S. J., Kirtman, B. P., Zuidema, P., and Ngan, F.
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DUST ,EMISSIONS (Air pollution) ,WINDS ,SEASONS ,HURRICANES - Abstract
Dust mass concentrations have been measured daily at Miami, Florida, in the summer months, and biweekly throughout the remaining months, since 1974. The 43‐year record of dust mass concentrations indicate large daily, seasonal, and interannual variations, with most of the dust arriving within 5–8 episodes each summer. On average, dust arrives to Miami, Florida, 10 days after emission from North Africa, with measured concentrations depending on characteristics of the lower free‐tropospheric winds due to the vast travel distance. Daily dust mass concentrations from July and August, the months that contribute the most to the annual mean, are used to characterize the synoptic conditions most favorable for dust transport. Two key regions are linked with the highest daily dust mass concentrations above Miami: (i) easterly winds, averaged over 850–500 mb, over the Tropical West Atlantic [15–25°N, 45–80°W], and (ii) southerly winds, similarly averaged, over the Florida Peninsula [20–30°N,75–80°W]. Winds within these two regions are enhanced when the North Atlantic subtropical high is displaced south and zonally elongated, relocating the western edge over Florida. A dust‐transport‐efficiency index, based on the maximum potential for dust to arrive above Miami with limited loss to deposition or mixing, identifies high‐dust loading cases on the subseasonal scale. Monthly dust‐transport‐efficiency values agree well with the monthly dust trends over the 43‐year time span. While seasonal dust loadings have been decreasing over Florida in the past decade, the transport efficiency has been increasing, possibly due to trends in the North Atlantic subtropical high. Plain Language Summary: Winds over the Saharan desert lift small dust particles into the air, which remain airborne for a few weeks, and slowly fall to the ground and ocean thousands of kilometers away. The dusty‐air is carried across the Atlantic Ocean to Miami, Florida, during the summer months, disrupting hurricane development, cloud features, and affecting human health. Dust is measured at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science each summer day since 1974 and twice weekly in other seasons. We compare days with the largest and smallest measured values of dust in July and August to identify wind regions that are most important for bringing dusty‐air, and what causes them to be stronger some years but not others. We located two regions of wind, which are critical for large amounts of dust to reach Miami: (i) east‐to‐west winds over the Tropical West Atlantic and (ii) south‐to‐north winds over the Florida Peninsula. By averaging the monthly wind speeds in the two critical regions, we can estimate the amount of dust which reaches Miami, Florida, each summer. This may improve future forecasts, warnings, and hurricane products. Key Points: Strengthened easterlies over the West Tropical Atlantic and southerly winds over the Florida Peninsula linked to high Saharan dust at MiamiThe North Atlantic subtropical high (NASH) is displaced southward and elongated to the west during these periods of favorable flowNewly defined dust transport efficiency correlates well with increases in dust mass concentrations at subseasonal and seasonal time scales [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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21. The Long Term Trends of Tropospheric Ozone in Major Regions in Korea
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Hye Jung Shin, Ji Hoon Park, Jong Sung Park, In Ho Song, Seung Myung Park, Soon A Roh, Jung Seok Son, and You Deog Hong
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generalized linear model ,ozone trends ,nox titration ,long range transport ,representative monitoring station ,Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,TD1-1066 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
This study was conducted for analyzing the contribution factors on ozone concentrations and its long term trends in each major city and province in Korea through several statistical methods such as simple linear regression, generalized linear model, KZ-filer, correlation matrix, Kringing method, and cluster analysis. The overall ozone levels in South Korea have been consistently increasing over the past 10 years. The ozone concentrations in Seoul, the biggest city in Korea, are the lowest in all areas with the highest increasing ratio for 95th% ozone. It is thought that the active photochemical reaction could affect the higher ozone concentration increase. On the other hand, the ozone concentrations in Jeju are the highest in Korea with the highest increasing ratio for 5th%, 33th%, and 50th% ozone. It is also thought that the weak NOx titration could be the reason of higher ozone concentrations in Jeju. In case of Jeju, transport related factors is the major factor affecting the ozone trend. Thus, it is assumed that the variation of ozone trend of Asian region affecting the ozone trend in Jeju, where domestic ozone photochemical reaction is less active than urban area. It is thought that the photochemical reaction plays the role of increasing of ozone concentrations in the urban area, even though the LRT affected on the increase of ozone concentrations in non-urban area.
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22. The sensitivity of CO and aerosol transport to the temporal and vertical distribution of North American boreal fire emissions
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Chen, Y., Li, Q., Randerson, J. T, Lyons, E. A, Kahn, R. A, Nelson, D. L, and Diner, D. J
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aerosol ,biomass burning ,black carbon ,boreal forest ,EOS ,forest fire ,ground-based measurement ,long range transport ,satellite imagery ,simulation ,temporal distribution ,trace gas ,vertical profile ,Alaska ,North America ,United States - Abstract
Forest fires in Alaska and western Canada represent important sources of aerosols and trace gases in North America. Among the largest uncertainties when modeling forest fire effects are the timing and injection height of biomass burning emissions. Here we simulate CO and aerosols over North America during the 2004 fire season, using the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model. We apply different temporal distributions and injection height profiles to the biomass burning emissions, and compare model results with satellite-, aircraft-, and ground-based measurements. We find that averaged over the fire season, the use of finer temporal resolved biomass burning emissions usually decreases CO and aerosol concentrations near the fire source region, and often enhances long-range transport. Among the individual temporal constraints, switching from monthly to 8-day time intervals for emissions has the largest effect on CO and aerosol distributions, and shows better agreement with measured day-to-day variability. Injection height substantially modifies the surface concentrations and vertical profiles of pollutants near the source region. Compared with CO, the simulation of black carbon aerosol is more sensitive to the temporal and injection height distribution of emissions. The use of MISR-derived injection heights improves agreement with surface aerosol measurements near the fire source. Our results indicate that the discrepancies between model simulations and MOPITT CO measurements near the Hudson Bay can not be attributed solely to the representation of injection height within the model. Frequent occurrence of strong convection in North America during summer tends to limit the influence of injection height parameterizations of fire emissions in Alaska and western Canada with respect to CO and aerosol distributions over eastern North America.
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- 2009
23. Ambient Air Quality Status and Its Sources in Urban and Semi-urban Locations of Himachal Pradesh, India
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Thakur, Harinder Kumar, Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra, Leimgruber, Walter, Series editor, Pelc, Stanko, Series editor, and Chand, Raghubir, editor
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- 2016
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24. Contaminant Records in Ice Cores
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Gabrielli, Paolo, Vallelonga, Paul, Smol, John P., Series editor, Blais, Jules M., editor, and Rosen, Michael R., editor
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- 2015
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25. Tracking Long-range Atmospheric Transport of Contaminants in Arctic Regions Using Lake Sediments
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Kirk, Jane, Gleason, Amber, Smol, John P., Series editor, Blais, Jules M., editor, and Rosen, Michael R., editor
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- 2015
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26. Wet Deposition of Nitrogen at Different Locations in India
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Rao, P. S. P., Safai, P. D., Budhavant, Krishnakant, Soni, V.K., Sutton, Mark A., editor, Mason, Kate E., editor, Sheppard, Lucy J., editor, Sverdrup, Harald, editor, Haeuber, Richard, editor, and Hicks, W. Kevin, editor
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- 2014
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27. Analysis of air mass back trajectories with present and historical volcanic activity and anthropogenic compounds to infer pollution sources in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica).
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Szumińska, Danuta, Czapiewski, Sebastian, Szopińska, Małgorzata, and Polkowska, Żaneta
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AIR masses , *VOLCANIC ash, tuff, etc. , *ATMOSPHERIC transport , *VOLCANISM - Abstract
This work analyses atmospheric transport of natural and anthropogenic pollution to the South Shetland Islands (SSI), with particular reference to the period September 2015 - August 2017. Based on data from the Global Volcanism Program database and air mass back trajectories calculated using the HySPLIT model, it was found that it is possible that in the analysed period volcanic pollution was supplied via long-range transport from South America, and from the South Sandwich Islands. Air masses flowed in over the South Shetland Islands from the South America region relatively frequently - 226 times during the study period, which suggests the additional possibility of anthropogenic pollution being supplied by this means. In certain cases the trajectories also indicated the possibility of atmospheric transport from the New Zealand region, and even from the south-eastern coast of Australia. The analysis of the obtained results is compared against the background of research by other authors. This is done to indicate that research into the origin of chemical compounds in the Antarctic environment should take into account the possible influx of pollutants from remote areas during the sampling period, as well as the possible reemission of compounds accumulated in snow and ice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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28. Fine aerosol sources at an urban background site in the Eastern Mediterranean (Nicosia; Cyprus): Insights from offline versus online source apportionment comparison for carbonaceous aerosols.
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Bimenyimana, Elie, Pikridas, Michael, Oikonomou, Konstantina, Iakovides, Minas, Christodoulou, Aliki, Sciare, Jean, and Mihalopoulos, Nikos
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- 2023
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29. Microplastic as a long-range transporter of chemical additives to the Canadian Arctic
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Hamilton, Bonnie, Criscitiello, Alison, De Silva, Amila, Young, Cora, Spencer, Christine, and Rochman, Chelsea
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organic chemicals ,atmosphere ,cryosphere ,long range transport - Abstract
Microplastics travel long distances via ocean and atmospheric currents. Plastic emissions are projected to increase even under the most optimistic circumstances. Continued increase in plastic production will inevitably lead to an increase in environmental inputs. Microplastics enter the environment with a complex chemical cocktail, including sorbed and additive chemicals. Because microplastics can travel long distances via long-range transport, this begs the question whether signatures of microplastics and their chemical additives can be observed in ice cores collected from the remote Arctic. Here, we used ice cores to ask questions about the trends in microplastics and previously analyzed chemicals (i.e., per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and organophosphate esters (OPEs)) over time. To assess whether microplastics are a vector for long-range transport of organic chemicals, we assessed relationships between the amount of microplastics and PFAS (sorbed chemicals) and organophosphate esters (plastic additive chemicals) through time. Our samples came from a firn core on the Devon Island Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada. We found an increasing trend in microplastic concentration over time. We did not observe a relationship between microplastics and PFAS. However, we did find a significant relationship between microplastic and organophosphate esters suggesting microplastics as a long-range transporter of additive chemicals. As we begin to understand the global plastic cycle, it is important to understand the associated chemical transport via long-range movement of microplastics. Also see: https://micro2022.sciencesconf.org/427419/document, In MICRO 2022, Online Atlas Edition: Plastic Pollution from MACRO to nano
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- 2022
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30. Direct Measurement of Adhesion Force of Individual Aerosol Particles by Atomic Force Microscopy
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Kohei Ono, Yuki Mizushima, Masaki Furuya, Ryota Kunihisa, Nozomu Tsuchiya, Takeshi Fukuma, Ayumi Iwata, and Atsushi Matsuki
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adhesion force ,atomic force microscopy ,Asian dust ,long range transport ,Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
A new method, namely, force–distance curve mapping, was developed to directly measure the adhesion force of individual aerosol particles by atomic force microscopy. The proposed method collects adhesion force from multiple points on a single particle. It also takes into account the spatial distribution of the adhesion force affected by topography (e.g., the variation in the tip angle relative to the surface, as well as the force imposed upon contact), thereby enabling the direct and quantitative measurement of the adhesion force representing each particle. The topographic effect was first evaluated by measuring Polystyrene latex (PSL) standard particles, and the optimized method was then applied on atmospherically relevant model dust particles (quartz, ATD, and CJ-1) and inorganic particles (ammonium sulfate and artificial sea salt) to inter-compare the adhesion forces among different aerosol types. The method was further applied on the actual ambient aerosol particles collected on the western coast of Japan, when the region was under the influence of Asian dust plume. The ambient particles were classified into sea salt (SS), silicate dust, and Ca-rich dust particles based on individual particle analysis (micro-Raman or Scanning Electron Microscope/Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX)). Comparable adhesion forces were obtained from the model and ambient particles for both SS and silicate dust. Although dust particles tended to show smaller adhesion forces, the adhesion force of Ca-rich dust particles was larger than the majority of silicate dust particles and was comparable with the inorganic salt particles. These results highlight that the original chemical composition, as well as the aging process in the atmosphere, can create significant variation in the adhesion force among individual particles. This study demonstrates that force–distance curve mapping can be used as a new tool to quantitatively characterize the physical properties of aerosol particles on an individual basis.
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- 2020
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31. Ship-Based Measurements of Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations over the Baltic Sea.
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Hoglind, Hanna, Eriksson, Sofia, and Gardfeldt, Katarina
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ATMOSPHERIC mercury , *ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature , *AIR masses , *MARINE ecology - Abstract
Mercury is a toxic pollutant emitted from both natural sources and through human activities. A global interest in atmospheric mercury has risen ever since the discovery of the Minamata disease in 1956. Properties of gaseous elemental mercury enable long range transport, which can cause pollution even in pristine environments. Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) was measured from winter 2016 to spring 2017 over the Baltic Sea. A Tekran 2357A mercury analyser was installed aboard the research and icebreaking vessel Oden for the purpose of continuous measurements of gaseous mercury in ambient air. Measurements were performed during a campaign along the Swedish east coast and in the Bothnian Bay near Lulea during the icebreaking season. Data was evaluated from Gothenburg using plotting software, and back trajectories for air masses were calculated. The GEM average of 1.36 ± 0.054 ng/m3 during winter and 1.29 ± 0.140 ng/m3 during spring was calculated as well as a total average of 1.36 ± 0.16 ng/m3. Back trajectories showed a possible correlation of anthropogenic sources elevating the mercury background level in some areas. There were also indications of depleted air, i.e., air with lower concentrations than average, being transported from the Arctic to northern Sweden, resulting in a drop in GEM levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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32. Seasonal progression of atmospheric particulate matter over an urban coastal region in peninsular India: Role of local meteorology and long-range transport.
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Mahapatra, P.S., Sinha, P.R., Boopathy, R., Das, T., Mohanty, S., Sahu, S.C., and Gurjar, B.R.
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PARTICULATE matter , *METEOROLOGY , *CLIMATOLOGY , *POLLUTANTS , *EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
Measurement of particulate matter (PM) over an urban site with relatively high concentration of aerosol particles is critically important owing to its adverse health, environmental and climate impact. Here we present a 3 years' worth of measurements (January 2012 to December 2014) of PM 2.5 (aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm) and PM 10 (aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm) along with meteorological parameters and seasonal variations at Bhubaneswar an urban-coastal site, in eastern India. The concentrations of PM were determined gravimetrically from the filter samples of PM 2.5 and PM 10 . It revealed remarkable seasonal variations with winter values (55.0 ± 23.4 μg/m 3 ; 147.3 ± 42.4 μg/m 3 for PM 2.5 and PM 10, respectively) about 3.5 times higher than that in pre-monsoon (15.7 ± 6.2 μg/m 3 ; 41.8 ± 15.3 μg/m 3 ). PM 2.5 and PM 10 were well correlated while PM 2.5 /PM 10 ratios were found to be 0.38 and 0.32 during winter and pre-monsoon, indicating the predominance of coarse particles, mainly originating from long range transport of pollutants from northern and western parts of India and parts of west Asia as well. Concentration weighted trajectory (CWT) analysis revealed the IGP and North Western Odisha as the most potential sources of PM 2.5 and PM 10 during winter. The PM concentrations at Bhubaneswar were comparable with those at other coastal sites of India reported in the literature, but were lower than few polluted urban sites in India and Asia. Empirical model reproduced the observed seasonal variation of PM 2.5 and PM 10 very well over Bhubaneswar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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33. PESTICIDES AS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS
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Vassilev, Kosta, Kambourova, Veska, Simeonov, Lubomir, editor, and Chirila, Elisabeta, editor
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- 2006
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34. Three-dimensional Simulations of the Mean Air Transport During the 1997 Forest Fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia Using a Mesoscale Numerical Model
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Roswintiarti, Orbita, Raman, Sethu, Rao, G. V., editor, Raman, Sethu, editor, and Singh, M. P., editor
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- 2003
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35. Aerosol and Precipitation Chemistry During the Summer at the Summit of Mt. Fuji, Japan (3776M A.S.L.)
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Hayashi, Kazuhiko, Igarashi, Yasuhito, Tsutsumi, Yukitomo, Dokiya, Yukiko, Satake, Kenichi, editor, Shindo, Junko, editor, Takamatsu, Takejiro, editor, Nakano, Takanori, editor, Aoki, Shigeru, editor, Fukuyama, Tsutomu, editor, Hatakeyama, Shiro, editor, Ikuta, Kazukamasa, editor, Kawashima, Munetsugu, editor, Kohno, Yoshihisa, editor, Kojima, Satoru, editor, Murano, Kentaro, editor, Okita, Toshiichi, editor, Taoda, Hiroshi, editor, Tsunoda, Kinichi, editor, and Tsurumi, Makoto, editor
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- 2001
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36. Biomass burning sources and their contributions to the local air quality in Hong Kong.
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Chan, K.L.
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BIOMASS burning , *AIR quality , *PHOTOMETERS , *ATMOSPHERIC carbon monoxide , *CITIES & towns & the environment - Abstract
In this paper, we present a quantitative estimation of the impacts of biomass burning emissions from different source regions to the local air quality in Hong Kong in 2014 using global chemistry transport model simulations, sun photometer measurements, satellite observations and local monitoring network data. This study focuses on two major biomass burning pollutants, black carbon aerosols and carbon monoxide (CO). The model simulations of atmospheric black carbon and CO show excellent agreement with sun photometer aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements, satellite CO columns observations and local monitoring stations data. From the model simulation results, we estimated that biomass burning contributes 12% of total black carbon and 16% of atmospheric CO in Hong Kong on annual average. South East Asia shows the largest influence to the black carbon and CO levels in Hong Kong, accounts for 11% of the total atmospheric black carbon and 8% of CO. Biomass burning in North East Asia and Africa also show significant impacts to Hong Kong. Elevated levels of atmospheric black carbon aerosols and CO were observed during springtime (March and April) which is mainly due to the enhancement of biomass burning contributions. Black carbon and CO originating from biomass burning sources are estimated to contribute 40% of atmospheric black carbon and 28% of CO in Hong Kong during March 2014. An investigation focusing on the biomass burning pollution episode during springtime suggests the intensified biomass burning activities in the Indochinese Peninsula are the major sources of black carbon and CO in Hong Kong during the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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37. Fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the North Pacific to the Arctic: Field measurements and fugacity model simulation.
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Ke, Hongwei, Cai, Minggang, Chen, Mian, Liu, Mengyang, Duan, Mengshan, Huang, Peng, Lin, Yan, Wang, Xuran, Huang, Mengxue, Chen, Meng, Hong, Jiajun, and Cheng, Shayen
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POLYCYCLIC aromatic hydrocarbons , *PETROLEUM & the environment , *FUGACITY - Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have accumulated ubiquitously inArctic environments, where re-volatilization of certain organic pollutants as a result of climate change has been observed. To investigate the fate of semivolatile organic compounds in the Arctic, dissolved PAHs in the surface seawaters from the temperate Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, as well as a water column in the Arctic Ocean, were collected during the 4th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in summer 2010. The total concentrations of seven dissolved PAHs in surface water ranged from 1.0 to 5.1 ng L −1 , decreasing with increasing latitude. The vertical profile of PAHs in the Arctic Ocean was generally characteristic of surface enrichment and depth depletion, which emphasized the role of vertical water stratification and particle settling processes. A level III fugacity model was developed in the Bering Sea under steady state assumption. Model results quantitatively simulated the transfer processes and fate of PAHs in the air and water compartments, and highlighted a summer air-to-sea flux of PAHs in the Bering Sea, which meant that the ocean served as a sink for PAHs, at least in summer. Acenaphthylene and acenaphthene reached equilibrium in air-water diffusive exchange, and any perturbation, such as a rise in temperature, might lead to disequilibrium and remobilize these compounds from their Arctic reservoirs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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38. Seasonal variation of chemical composition and source apportionment of PM in Pune, India.
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Budhavant, Krishnakant, Gawhane, Ranjeeta, Rao, Pasumarthi, Waghmare, Vinayak, Safai, Pramod, and Meshram, Dhananjay
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AIR pollution ,PARTICULATE matter ,BIOMASS burning ,ATMOSPHERIC aerosols - Abstract
Particulate matter with size less than or equal to 2.5 μm (PM) samples were collected from an urban site Pune, India, during April 2015 to April 2016. The samples were analyzed for various chemical constituents, including water soluble inorganic ions, organic carbon (OC), and elemental carbon (EC). The yearly mean total mass concentration of PM at Pune was 37.3 μg/m, which is almost four times higher than the annual WHO standard (10 μg/m), and almost equal to that recommended by the Central Pollution Control Board, India (40 μg/m). Measured (OC, EC) and estimated organic matter (OM) were the dominant component (56 ± 11%) in the total particulate matter which play major role in the regional atmospheric chemistry. Total measured inorganic components formed about 35% of PM. Major chemical contributors to PM mass were OC (30%), SO (13%), and Cl and EC (9% each). The high ratios of OC/EC demonstrated the existence of secondary organic carbon. The air mass origin and correlations between the various components indicate that long range transport of pollutants from Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) and Southern part of the Arabian Peninsula might have contributed to the high aerosol mass during the dry and winter seasons. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic study that comprehensively explores the chemical characterization and source apportionment of PM aerosol speciation in Pune by applying multiple approaches based on a seasonal perspective. This study is broadly applicable to understanding the differences in anthropogenic and natural sources in the urban environment of particle air pollution over this region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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39. BIOMASS BURNING RELATED POLLUTIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL AIR QUALITY IN HONG KONG.
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Chan, K. L. and Qin, K.
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BIOMASS burning ,AIR quality ,AIR pollution - Abstract
In this study, we present a quantitative estimation of the impacts of biomass burning emissions from different source regions to the local air quality in Hong Kong in 2014 using global chemistry transport model simulations, sun photometer measurements, satellite observations and local monitoring network data. This study focuses on two major biomass burning pollutants, black carbon aerosols and carbon monoxide (CO). The model simulations of atmospheric black carbon and CO show excellent agreement with sun photometer aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements, satellite CO columns observations and local monitoring stations data. From the model simulation results, we estimated that biomass burning contributes 12% of total black carbon and 16% of atmospheric CO in Hong Kong on annual average. South East Asia shows the largest influence to the black carbon and CO levels in Hong Kong, accounts for 11% of the total atmospheric black carbon and 8% of CO. Biomass burning in North East Asia and Africa also show significant impacts to Hong Kong. Elevated levels of atmospheric black carbon aerosols and CO were observed during springtime (March and April) which is mainly due to the enhancement of biomass burning contributions. Black carbon and CO originating from biomass burning sources are estimated to contribute 40% of atmospheric black carbon and 28% of CO in Hong Kong during March 2014. An investigation focusing on the biomass burning pollution episode during springtime suggests the intensified biomass burning activities in the Indochinese Peninsula are the major sources of black carbon and CO in Hong Kong during the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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40. Aerosol optical depths and their contributing sources in Taiwan.
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Chan, K.L.
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ATMOSPHERIC aerosols , *OPTICAL depth (Astrophysics) , *REMOTE sensing , *SEA salt , *SOOT - Abstract
In this paper, we present a quantitative investigation of the contributions of different aerosols to the aerosol optical depths (AODs) in Taiwan using a global chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) and remote sensing measurements. The study focus is on the period from June 2012 to October 2013. Five different types of aerosols are investigated: sea salt, dust, sulfate, organic carbon and black carbon. Three of these aerosols, namely sulfate, organic carbon and black carbon, have significant anthropogenic sources. Model simulation results were compared with both ground based sun photometer measurements and MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite observations. The model data shows good agreement with satellite observations (R = 0.72) and moderate correlation with sun photometer measurements (R = 0.52). Simulation results show the anthropogenic aerosols contribute ∼65% to the total AOD in Taipei, while natural originated aerosols only show a minor impact (∼35%). Among all the aerosols, sulfate is the dominating species, contributing 62.4% to the annual average total AOD. Organic carbon and black carbons respectively contribute 7.3% and 1.5% to the annual averaged total AOD. The annual average contributions of sea salt and dust aerosols to the total AOD are 26.4% and 2.4%, respectively. A sensitivity study was performed to identify the contributions of anthropogenic aerosol sources in each region to the AODs in Taipei. North-East Asia was identified as the major contributing source region of anthropogenic aerosols to Taipei, accounting for more than 50% of total sulfate, 32% of total organic carbon and 51% of total black carbon aerosols. South-East Asia is the second largest contributing source region, contributing 35%, 24% and 34% of total sulfate, organic carbon and black carbon aerosols, respectively. The aerosols from continents other than Asia only show minor impacts to the aerosol load in Taipei. In addition, a case study of a biomass burning episode in South-East Asia during 2013 was investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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41. Air Quality in Norwich, UK Multi-Scale Modelling to Assess the Significance of City, County and Regional Pollution Sources
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Chatterton, T., Dorling, S., Lovett, A., Stephenson, M., Sokhi, Ranjeet S., editor, San José, Roberto, editor, Moussiopoulos, Nicolas, editor, and Berkowicz, Ruwim, editor
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- 2000
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42. Development of a multimedia model (POPsLTEA) to assess the influence of climate change on the fate and transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in East Asia.
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Song, Jee Hey, Lee, Yunah, and Lee, Dong Soo
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CLIMATE change , *POLYCYCLIC aromatic hydrocarbons & the environment , *SEDIMENTS , *POLLUTION - Abstract
A dynamic multimedia model (POPsLTEA) for an East Asia region was developed and evaluated to quantitatively assess how climate change (CC) alters the environmental fate and transport dynamics of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air, water, soil, and sediment. To cover the entire model domain (25°N–50°N and 98°E–148°E) where China, Japan, and South and North Koreas are of primary concern, a total of 5000 main cells of 50 km × 50 km size were used while 1008 cells of a finer spatial resolution (12.5 km × 12.5 km) was nested for South Korea (33°N–38°N and 126°E–132°E). Most of the predicted concentrations agreed with the observed values within one order of magnitude with a tendency of overestimation for air and sediment. Prediction of the atmospheric concentration was statistically significant in both coincidence and association, suggesting the model's potential to successfully predict the fate and transport of the PAHs as influenced by CC. An example study of benzo( a )pyrene demonstrates that direction and strength of the CC influence on the pollution levels vary with the location and environmental media. As compared to the five year period of 2011 to 2015, the changes across the model domain in the annual geometric mean concentration over the years of 2021 through 2100 were predicted to range from 88% to 304%, from 84% to 109%, from 32% to 362%, and from 49% to 303%, in air, soil, surface water, and sea water, respectively, under the scenario of RCP8.5. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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43. The Impact of Uncertainties in African Biomass Burning Emission Estimates on Modeling Global Air Quality, Long Range Transport and Tropospheric Chemical Lifetimes
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Guido R. van der Werf, Catherine Liousse, Marinus P. Scheele, Peter F. J. van Velthoven, Michiel van Weele, and Jason E. Williams
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African biomass burning ,emission inventories ,long range transport ,air quality ,methane lifetimes ,Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
The chemical composition of the troposphere in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere (SH) is significantly influenced by gaseous emissions released from African biomass burning (BB). Here we investigate how various emission estimates given in bottom-up BB inventories (GFEDv2, GFEDv3, AMMABB) affect simulations of global tropospheric composition using the TM4 chemistry transport model. The application of various model parameterizations for introducing such emissions is also investigated. There are perturbations in near-surface ozone (O3) and carbon monoxide (CO) of ~60–90% in the tropics and ~5–10% in the SH between different inventories. Increasing the update frequency of the temporal distribution to eight days generally results in decreases of between ~5 and 10% in near-surface mixing ratios throughout the tropics, which is larger than the influence of increasing the injection heights at which BB emissions are introduced. There are also associated differences in the long range transport of pollutants throughout the SH, where the composition of the free troposphere in the SH is sensitive to the chosen BB inventory. Analysis of the chemical budget terms reveals that the influence of increasing the tropospheric CO burden due to BB on oxidative capacity of the troposphere is mitigated by the associated increase in NOx emissions (and thus O3) with the variations in the CO/N ratio between inventories being low. For all inventories there is a decrease in the tropospheric chemical lifetime of methane of between 0.4 and 0.8% regardless of the CO emitted from African BB. This has implications for assessing the effect of inter-annual variability in BB on the annual growth rate of methane.
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44. Ship-Based Measurements of Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations over the Baltic Sea
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Hanna Hoglind, Sofia Eriksson, and Katarina Gardfeldt
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atmospheric mercury ,Baltic Sea ,mapping of GEM levels ,long range transport ,Meteorology. Climatology ,QC851-999 - Abstract
Mercury is a toxic pollutant emitted from both natural sources and through human activities. A global interest in atmospheric mercury has risen ever since the discovery of the Minamata disease in 1956. Properties of gaseous elemental mercury enable long range transport, which can cause pollution even in pristine environments. Gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) was measured from winter 2016 to spring 2017 over the Baltic Sea. A Tekran 2357A mercury analyser was installed aboard the research and icebreaking vessel Oden for the purpose of continuous measurements of gaseous mercury in ambient air. Measurements were performed during a campaign along the Swedish east coast and in the Bothnian Bay near Lulea during the icebreaking season. Data was evaluated from Gothenburg using plotting software, and back trajectories for air masses were calculated. The GEM average of 1.36 ± 0.054 ng/m3 during winter and 1.29 ± 0.140 ng/m3 during spring was calculated as well as a total average of 1.36 ± 0.16 ng/m3. Back trajectories showed a possible correlation of anthropogenic sources elevating the mercury background level in some areas. There were also indications of depleted air, i.e., air with lower concentrations than average, being transported from the Arctic to northern Sweden, resulting in a drop in GEM levels.
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45. Saharan Dust Transport Over the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean: An Overview
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Prospero, J. M., Guerzoni, Stefano, editor, and Chester, Roy, editor
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- 1996
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46. Atmospheric Behaviors of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Nitropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in East Asia
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Kazuichi Hayakawa, Ning Tang, Takayuki Kameda, and Akira Toriba
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polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ,nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ,east asia ,long range transport ,airborne particulate ,Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,TD1-1066 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
Hazardous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs) are mainly originated from imperfect combustion of fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal. The consumptions of not only petroleum but also coal have been increasing in the East Asian countries. This review describes the result of international collaboration research concerning characteristics and major contributors of atmospheric PAHs and NPAHs in cities in Japan, Korea, China and Russia. We collected airborne particulates in ten cities in the above countries and six PAHs and eleven NPAHs were determined by HPLC methods using fluorescence and chemiluminescence detections. The total PAH concentrations were much higher in Chinese cities (Fushun, Tieling, Shenyang and Beijing) than those in other cities (Vladivostok, Busan, Kanazawa, Kitakyushu, Sapporo and Tokyo). The total NPAH concentrations were also higher in Chinese cities than those in the other cities. The [NPAH]/[corresponding PAH] ratios are much larger in diesel-engine exhaust particulates than those in coal-burning particulates. The [1-nitropyrene]/[pyrene] ratio of airborne particulates was much smaller in the four Chinese cities, suggesting that coal combustion systems such as coal heaters were the main contributors. On the other hand, the ratios were larger in Korean and Japanese cities, suggesting the large contribution of diesel-engine vehicles.
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47. Effects of agriculture crop residue burning on aerosol properties and long-range transport over northern India: A study using satellite data and model simulations.
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Vijayakumar, K., Safai, P.D., Devara, P.C.S., Rao, S. Vijaya Bhaskara, and Jayasankar, C.K.
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AGRICULTURAL wastes , *AGRICULTURE , *SIMULATION methods & models , *AEROSOLS , *BIOMASS - Abstract
Agriculture crop residue burning in the tropics is a major source of the global atmospheric aerosols and monitoring their long-range transport is an important element in climate change studies. In this paper, we study the effects of agriculture crop residue burning on aerosol properties and long-range transport over northern India during a smoke event that occurred between 09 and 17 November 2013, with the help of satellite measurements and model simulation data. Satellite data observations on aerosol properties suggested transport of particles from agriculture crop residue burning in Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) over large regions. Additionally, ECMWF winds at 850 hPa have been used to trace the source, path and spatial extent of smoke events. Most of the smoke aerosols, during the study period, travel from a west-to-east pathway from the source-to-sink region. Furthermore, aerosol vertical profiles from CALIPSO show a layer of thick smoke extending from surface to an altitude of about 3 km. Smoke aerosols emitted from biomass burning activity from Punjab have been found to be a major contributor to the deterioration of local air quality over the NE Indian region due to their long range transport. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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48. Neutral and ionic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in atmospheric and dry deposition samples over a source region (Tianjin, China).
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Yao, Yiming, Chang, Shuai, Sun, Hongwen, Gan, Zhiwei, Hu, Hongwei, Zhao, Yangyang, and Zhang, Yufen
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FLUOROALKYL compounds ,ATMOSPHERIC deposition ,FLUOROTELOMER alcohols ,SULFONAMIDES ,SEWAGE disposal plants - Abstract
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were detected in the atmosphere of a source region in Tianjin, China. Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs) were the dominant neutral PFASs in the atmosphere with total concentrations of 93.6-131 pg/m 3 and 8:2 FTOH contributing the most, whereas perfluorooctane sulfonamide derivatives (PFOSAs) were two magnitudes lower or undetected. In comparison, ionic PFASs (perfluoroalkyl carboxyl acids (PFCAs)) in the atmosphere were detected at similar or even higher levels. At wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), the air over influent was found with higher levels of FTOHs than over aeration tank and effluent; whereas in the air over the aeration tank, the concentrations of PFOSAs and nonvolatile ionic PFASs substantially increased, suggesting a possible direct release of ionic PFASs to the atmosphere besides the atmospheric conversion from volatile precursors. In the air phase, a low proportion (1-5%) of PFCAs was subjected to dry deposition in the source region. Interestingly, the dry-deposition-to-bulk-air ratios of PFCA analogues were the lowest at medium chain lengths (C8 and C9) and increased with either shorter or longer chain length. The extraordinary affinity of shorter-chain PFCAs (C6-C7) to particles was presumed to be due to their smaller molecular size favoring the interactions between the carboxyl head groups and specific sorption sites on particulate matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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49. Modeling dry and wet deposition of sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium ions in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China using a source-oriented CMAQ model: Part II. Emission sector and source region contributions.
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Qiao, Xue, Tang, Ya, Kota, Sri Harsha, Li, Jingyi, Wu, Li, Hu, Jianlin, Zhang, Hongliang, and Ying, Qi
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AIR quality , *SEDIMENTATION & deposition , *AMMONIUM ions , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) , *SULFATES analysis - Abstract
A source-oriented Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model driven by the meteorological fields generated by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was used to study the dry and wet deposition of nitrate (NO 3 − ), sulfate (SO 4 2 − ), and ammonium (NH 4 + ) ions in the Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve (JNNR), China from June to August 2010 and to identify the contributions of different emission sectors and source regions that were responsible for the deposition fluxes. Contributions from power plants, industry, transportation, domestic, biogenic, windblown dust, open burning, fertilizer, and manure management sources to deposition fluxes in JNNR watershed and four EANET sites are determined. In JNNR, 96%, 82%, and 87% of the SO 4 2 − , NO 3 − and NH 4 + deposition fluxes are in the form of wet deposition of the corresponding aerosol species. Industry and power plants are the two major sources of SO 4 2 − deposition flux, accounting for 86% of the total wet deposition of SO 4 2 − , and industry has a higher contribution (56%) than that of power plants (30%). Power plants and industry are also the top sources that are responsible for NO 3 − wet deposition, and contributions from power plants (30%) are generally higher than those from industries (21%). The major sources of NH 4 + wet deposition flux in JNNR are fertilizer (48%) and manure management (39%). Source-region apportionment confirms that SO 2 and NO x emissions from local and two nearest counties do not have a significant impact on predicted wet deposition fluxes in JNNR, with contributions less than 10%. While local NH 3 emissions account for a higher fraction of the NH 4 + deposition, approximately 70% of NH 4 + wet deposition in JNNR originated from other source regions. This study demonstrates that S and N deposition in JNNR is mostly from long-range transport rather than from local emissions, and to protect JNNR, regional emission reduction controls are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Characterization of wildfire plumes based on glyoxal and formaldehyde column densities retrieved from satellite-borne differential optical absorption spectroscopy
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Buchholz, Jonas and Buchholz, Jonas
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Formaldehyd- und Glyoxal-Emissionen von Waldbrandereignisse in Australien, Sibirien und Alaska in 2019 und 2020 wurden mit Hilfe von Satelliten-basierter Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) analysiert, und die effektiven Lebenszeiten beider Spurengase wurden mit Hilfe von Simulationen basierend auf dem HYSPLIT-Modell abgeschätzt. Beide Stoffe konnten bei australischen Waldbränden in mehreren tausend Kilometern Entfernung von Quellregionen detektiert werden, wobei die Säulendichten für Glyoxal und Formaldehyd über einen Zeitraum von ca. 40 Stunden halbiert wurden. Das Verhältnis der Glyoxal- zur Formaldehyd-Säulendichte in den Rauchfahnen, R_GF, unterschied sich sowohl zwischen unterschiedlichen Regionen als auch zwischen verschiedenen Tagen in der selben Region. In Australien konnten durch vorherige Studien verschiedene „blow-up“ Feuer identifiziert werden, die zu Feuer-induzierten Gewittern (Pyrocumulonimbus oder pyroCB) beitrugen, wobei Waldbrandemissionen direkt in die Stratosphäre gedrückt wurden. An Tagen mit pyroCb-Aktivität wurde R_GF zwischen 0.057 und 0.087 in der Nähe von Bränden gemessen, verglichen mit R_GF von 0.203 bis 0.253 an Tagen ohne pyroCb-Ereignisse. Ein möglicher Zusammenhang zwischen Rauchwolkenhöhe und R_GF wurde mit Hilfe von CALIOP Lidar-Daten untersucht: in Australien konnten hohe Rauchwolken mit einer Höhe von 15 km über dem Meeresspiegel (ASL) mit niedrigen R_GF Werten von ca. 0.05 korreliert werden, wobei für niedrigere Wolken (3 km ASL) ein R_GF von ca. 0.1 gemessen wurde. In Sibierien konnte eine vergleichbare Variabilität der gemessenen R_GF Werte festgestellt werden, wobei alle Rauchwolken unterhalb einer Höhe von 5 km detektiert wurden. In Alaska wurden in der Nähe zu Quellregionen R_GF Werte von 0.05 bis 0.065 gemessen, niedriger als in Australien und Sibirien. Waldbrandemissionen können tropospherische und stratospherische Ozonkonzentrationen beeinflussen, und haben Auswirkungen auf den Strahlungshaushalt der Erde, Wildfire events in Australia, Siberia and Alaska in 2019 and 2020 were analyzed based on their glyoxal and formaldehyde emissions using satellite-borne differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS), and the effective lifetimes of glyoxal and formaldehyde in fire plumes were determined by comparison with simulated particle concentrations using the HYSPLIT model. Elevated amounts of both compounds could be detected several thousand kilometers from source regions, and column densities in fire plumes decreased by a factor of 2 roughly 40 hours after emission from Australian wildfires. The ratio of glyoxal to formaldehyde column densities, R_GF, was different between different regions and between days in the same region. In Australia, past studies identified several “blow-up” fires, which contributed to smoke-infused thunderstorms (pyrocumulonimbus or pyroCb) and injected fire emissions directly into the stratosphere. R_GF close to fire sources was between 0.057 and 0.087 on days with pyroCb activity, and between 0.203 and 0.253 on days without pyroCb outbreaks, possibly due to differences in injection height. Additionally, plume vertical profiles were evaluated using CALIOP data: In Australian, high plume altitudes of about 15km above sea level (ASL) were correlated to low R_GF values of about 0.05, as compared to R_GF of about 0.1 at 3km ASL. For Siberian wildfires, the same range of R_GF values was observed in fire plumes, even though plume altitude was below 5 km ASL. In Alaska, R_GF was in the range of 0.05 to 0.065 even close to source regions, significantly lower than during Australian and Siberian fires. Wildfire emissions have the potential to affect tropospheric and stratospheric ozone levels and the Earth’s radiative balance. Understanding the mechanisms that lead to long-range transport and stratospheric injections of short lived compounds like glyoxal and formaldehyde in fire plumes is crucial for future risk assessment and decision making. This work i, by Jonas Buchholz, Masterarbeit University of Innsbruck 2021
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