Discriminating the regional and urban contributions in the North-Western Mediterranean: PM levels and composition

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作者
Pey, Jorge [1 ]
Querol, Xavier [1 ]
Alastuey, Andres [1 ]
机构
[1] CSIC, IDAEA, Inst Environm Assessment & Water Res, Madrid, Spain
关键词
PM10; PM2.5; PM1; Trace elements; Road-traffic; Oil combustion; Road dust; Enrichment factors; SAHARAN DUST; SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR-POLLUTANTS; PARTICLES; BARCELONA; EMISSIONS; VARIABILITY; COMPONENTS; PATTERNS; SOUTHERN;
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10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.005
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Simultaneous measurements of the PM concentration levels and chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols at a regional background (RB) and an urban background (UB) site, located in the same geographic region, allowed for the determination of their urban and regional contributions. In the specific case of the North-Western region of the Mediterranean the RB amount has been quantified in 18, 13 and 12 mu g m(-3) for PM10. PM2.5 and PM1, respectively, whereas the US contribution reached 22,13 and 8 mu g m(-3), respectively. The UB contributions in the Western Mediterranean are much higher than those observed in other European regions; especially concerning the coarse fraction. The high loads of road dust in the urban areas across the Mediterranean may account for these large differences. The urban contributions are extremely enriched in Ca, Fe, Sb, Sn, Cu, Zn, being the main tracers of the road dust, with concentrations up to 6-8 times higher than those at the RB. Elemental carbon and nitrate are mainly derived from direct vehicular emissions. Some industrial tracers (Mn, Pb, Si) are also enriched in the urban area. The evaluation of the Cu/Sb, Cu/Zn, Cu/Cd and Cu/Pb ratios and the high enrichment of these trace elements versus the Upper Crustal Composition average values corroborates the importance of the road-traffic emissions in the study area, also influencing the RB. The supplementary results from a suburban site in the Balearic Islands and the evaluation of the V/Ni ratios evidence the strong signature of fuel-oil combustion processes, which is a general characteristic of the Mediterranean aerosols. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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