Wintertime PM2.5 and PM10 carbonaceous and inorganic constituents from urban site in western India

Rengarajan, R. ; Sudheer, A. K. ; Sarin, M. M. (2011) Wintertime PM2.5 and PM10 carbonaceous and inorganic constituents from urban site in western India Atmospheric Research, 102 (4). pp. 420-431. ISSN 0169-8095

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Abstract

Daily variability in the chemical composition of atmospheric PM2.5 and PM10 has been studied from an urban site (Ahmedabad) in western India over a span of 30 days during winter. The PM2.5 and PM10 mass concentrations ranged from 32 to 106 µ g m- 3 and 121 to 327 µ g m- 3, respectively. On average, PM2.5 constitutes ~ 33% of PM10, indicating dominance of coarse mode aerosols in the urban atmosphere. The particulate EC and OC show higher abundances in PM2.5 (average: 3.0 ± 0.9 and 18.3 ± 5.9 µ g m- 3 respectively) whereas those in PM10 are 4.4 ± 2.4 and 29.8 ± 11.2 µ g m- 3 respectively. A linear increasing trend and representative OC/EC ratio of 6.2 indicate their primary source from biomass burning emissions. The water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC: 4.0-14.7 µ g m- 3) and its linear relationship with K+ (0.6-1.7 µ g m- 3) in PM2.5 further support biomass burning emissions as a dominant source for carbonaceous aerosol. Among water-soluble inorganic species, SO42- is the most abundant (range: 3.2-22.5 µ g m- 3); almost all of it occurs in fine mode (PM2.5) and exhibits near-quantitative neutralization with NH4+ (r = 0.98, slope: 1.3). The water-soluble Ca2+ and Mg2+ mainly abundant in the coarse mode, suggest significant contribution from mineral dust. Documenting large temporal variability in the chemical composition of coarse and fine mode aerosol is essential in order to assess the changing regional emission scenario over mega-cities and their down-wind transport.

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Keywords:Fine and Coarse Aerosol; Elemental Carbon; Organic Carbon; Water-soluble Ionic Species
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