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Carbon isotope-constrained seasonality of carbonaceous aerosol sources from an urban location (Kanpur) in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
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- Bikkina, Srinivas (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap och analytisk kemi
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- Andersson, August (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap och analytisk kemi
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Ram, Kirpa (author)
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Sarin, M. M. (author)
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- Sheesley, Rebecca J. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap och analytisk kemi
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- Kirillova, Elena N. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap och analytisk kemi
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Rengarajan, R. (author)
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Sudheer, A. K. (author)
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- Gustafsson, Örjan (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap och analytisk kemi
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- 2017
- 2017
- English.
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In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. - 2169-897X .- 2169-8996. ; 122:9, s. 4903-4923
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- The Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh is a major source of carbonaceous aerosols in South Asia. However, poorly constrained seasonality of their sources over the IGP leads to large uncertainty in climate and health effects. Here we present a first data set for year-round radiocarbon (C-14) and stable carbon (C-13)-based source apportionment of total carbon (TC) in ambient PM10 (n = 17) collected from an urban site (Kanpur: 26.5 degrees N, 80.3 degrees E) in the IGP during January 2007 to January 2008. The year-round C-14-based fraction biomass (f(bio-TC)) estimate at Kanpur averages 777% and emphasizes an impact of biomass burning emissions (BBEs). The highest f(bio-TC) (%) is observed in fall season (October-November, 856%) followed by winter (December-February, 804%) and spring (March-May, 758%), while lowest values are found in summer (June-September, 69 +/- 2%). Since biomass/coal combustion and vehicular emissions mostly contribute to carbonaceous aerosols over the IGP, we predict C-13(TC) (C-13(pred)) over Kanpur using known C-13 source signatures and the measured C-14 value of each sample. The seasonal variability of C-13(obs)-C-13(pred) versus C-14(TC) together with air mass back trajectories and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer fire count data reveal that carbonaceous aerosols in winter/fall are significantly influenced by atmospheric aging (downwind transport of crop residue burning/wood combustion emissions in the northern IGP), while local sources (wheat residue combustion/vehicular emissions) dominate in spring/summer. Given the large temporal and seasonal variability in sources and emission strength of TC over the IGP, C-14-based constraints are, thus, crucial for reducing their uncertainties in carbonaceous aerosol budgets in climate models.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- radiocarbon
- stable carbon isotope
- Indo-Gangetic Plain
- South Asia
- carbonaceous aerosols
- biomass burning emissions
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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