VOLIOTIS, Aristeidis, Roman PROKEŠ, Gerhard LAMMEL and Constantini SAMARA. New insights on humic-like substances associated with wintertime urban aerosols from central and southern Europe: Size-resolved chemical characterization and optical properties. Atmospheric Environment. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2017, vol. 166, October, p. 286-299. ISSN 1352-2310. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.07.024.
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Original name New insights on humic-like substances associated with wintertime urban aerosols from central and southern Europe: Size-resolved chemical characterization and optical properties
Authors VOLIOTIS, Aristeidis (300 Greece), Roman PROKEŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Gerhard LAMMEL (276 Germany, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Constantini SAMARA (300 Greece).
Edition Atmospheric Environment, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2017, 1352-2310.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.708
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095520
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.07.024
UT WoS 000411298800026
Keywords in English Aerosols; HULIS Ionic species; FTIR functional group analysis; UV-Vis light absorption; WSOC
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Although Humic-Like Substances (HULIS) are important contributors to the mass of organic aerosol in airborne particulate matter (PM), little is known about their chemical composition, while, their size resolved optical properties have not been studied yet. Here, HULIS fractions were isolated from size resolved aerosol samples (<= 0.49, 0.49-0.95, 0.95-3 and 3-10 mu m) collected in urban and suburban environments of four European cities during wintertime. The bulk (i.e., sum of all size fractions) concentration of HULIS ranged between 1.29 and 2.80 mu g m(-3) across sites with highest values in the <= 0.49 pm particle size fraction. The contribution of the carbon mass of HULIS (HULIS-C) to the watersoluble organic carbon content (WSOC) of PM was 32-43%, which is typical for urban sites affected by biomass burning. The Mass Absorption Efficiency (MAE), which characterizes the efficiency of absorbing solar energy per carbon mass of HULIS decreased with particle size, suggesting that the finest size fractions contain more light-absorbing chromophores, which could affect the light-absorbing ability of organic aerosols. The good correlation of HULIS with effective biomass tracers such as K+, as well as with secondary inorganic aerosol components, proposed that HULIS had both primary (i.e., biomass burning) and secondary sources. The Fourier Transfer Infrared coupled to Attenuation Total Reflectance (FTIR-ATR) spectra demonstrated prevalence of aromatic over carboxylic functional groups in most HULIS fractions, indicating contribution from coal combustion emissions in addition to fresh biomass burning.
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GA16-11537S, research and development projectName: Transformační produkty mono- a polyaromatických uhlovodíků v atmosferických aerosolech – prioritní nebezpečné polutanty
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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