Summertime aerosol over the west of Ireland dominated by secondary aerosol during long-range transport

Chunshui Lin; Darius Ceburnis; Ru Jin Huang; Francesco Canonaco; André Stephan Henry Prévôt; Colin O'Dowd; Jurgita Ovadnevaite

doi:10.3390/atmos10020059

Summertime aerosol over the west of Ireland dominated by secondary aerosol during long-range transport

Chunshui Lin, Darius Ceburnis, Ru Jin Huang, Francesco Canonaco, André Stephan Henry Prévôt, Colin O'Dowd, Jurgita Ovadnevaite

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The chemical composition and sources of non-refractory submicron aerosol (NR-PM ₁ ) on Galway, a west coast city of Ireland, were characterized using an aerosol chemical speciation monitor during summertime in June 2016. Organic aerosol (OA) was found to be the major part of NR-PM ₁ (54%), followed by secondary inorganic sulfate (25%), ammonium (11%), and nitrate (10%). Factor analysis revealed that oxygenated OA (OOA) was the dominant OA factor, on average accounting for 84% of the total OA. The remaining 16% of OA was attributed to primary peat burning associated with domestic heating activities. As a result, secondary organic and inorganic aerosol together accounted for 91% of the total NR-PM ₁ , pointing to an aged aerosol population originating from secondary formation during long-range transport. Concentration-weighted trajectory analysis indicated that these secondary aerosols were mainly associated with easterly long-range transport from the UK and/or France.

Original language	English
Article number	59
Number of pages	0
Journal	Atmosphere
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10020059
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2019

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ACSM
Air pollution sources
Organic aerosol
PM
Source apportionment

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Lin, CS;Ceburnis, D;Huang, RJ;Canonaco, F;Prevot, ASH;O'Dowd, C;Ovadnevaite, J

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Summertime aerosol over the west of Ireland dominated by secondary aerosol during long-range transport

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