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Extensive urban air pollution footprint evidenced by submicron organic aerosols molecular composition
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- Salvador, Christian Mark, 1989 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kemi och molekylärbiologi,Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
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Chou, C. C. K. (author)
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Ho, T. T. (author)
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Ku, I. T. (author)
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Tsai, C. Y. (author)
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Tsao, T. M. (author)
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Tsai, M. J. (author)
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Su, T. C. (author)
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- 2022-11-23
- 2022
- English.
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In: Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2397-3722. ; 5:1
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- Transport and transformation of urban air pollutants are among the major factors driving the changes in the atmospheric composition in the downwind rural/remote areas of a megacity. Here, we assess the impacts of urban air pollution in a subtropical forest through characterization of the organic markers in submicron aerosol particles. The aerosol samples were collected and analyzed using TD-PTR-ToF-MS, where 163 ions were detected. The concentration of these extracted ions accounts for 83% of the mass of submicron organic aerosols, which are accordingly characterized by a median formula of C7H10O2. Molecular speciation indicates that urban and biomass burning pollution contributed substantially to the budget of organic aerosols, which were enhanced particularly by the liquid water content and acidity of the aerosols. Our results evidence that the footprint of urban air pollution was extended to its downwind forested areas and caused changes in the concentration and composition of submicron aerosols.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- transfer-reaction-time
- atmospheric aerosols
- mass-spectrometry
- dicarboxylic-acids
- chemical-composition
- particulate matter
- seasonal-variation
- diurnal-variations
- carboxylic-acids
- marker
- compounds
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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