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Source contributions to carbonaceous aerosols in the Tennessee Valley Region
AbstractSources of carbonaceous aerosols collected from three sites of Chattanooga, TN (CH), Muscle Shoals, AL (MS), and Look Rock, TN (LR) in the Tennessee Valley Region (TVR) were apportioned using both organic tracer-based chemical mass balance (CMB) modeling and radiocarbon (14C) measurement and the results were compared. Eight sources were resolved by CMB, among which wood combustion (averaging 0.92μgm−3) was the largest contributor to primary organic carbon (OC) concentrations, followed by gasoline exhaust (0.35μgm−3), and diesel exhaust (0.18μgm−3). The identified primary sources accounted for 43%, 71%, and 14% of measured OC at CH, MS, and LR, respectively. Contributions from the eight primary sources resolved by CMB could explain 107±10% of ambient elemental carbon (EC) concentrations, with diesel exhaust (66±32%) and wood combustion (37±33%) as the most important contributors. The fossil fractions in total carbon determined by 14C measurements were in reasonably good agreement with that in primary (OC+EC) carbon apportioned by CMB in the MS winter samples. The comparison between the 14C and CMB results revealed that contemporary sources dominated other OC in the TVR, especially in summertime (84% contemporary).
Source contributions to carbonaceous aerosols in the Tennessee Valley Region
AbstractSources of carbonaceous aerosols collected from three sites of Chattanooga, TN (CH), Muscle Shoals, AL (MS), and Look Rock, TN (LR) in the Tennessee Valley Region (TVR) were apportioned using both organic tracer-based chemical mass balance (CMB) modeling and radiocarbon (14C) measurement and the results were compared. Eight sources were resolved by CMB, among which wood combustion (averaging 0.92μgm−3) was the largest contributor to primary organic carbon (OC) concentrations, followed by gasoline exhaust (0.35μgm−3), and diesel exhaust (0.18μgm−3). The identified primary sources accounted for 43%, 71%, and 14% of measured OC at CH, MS, and LR, respectively. Contributions from the eight primary sources resolved by CMB could explain 107±10% of ambient elemental carbon (EC) concentrations, with diesel exhaust (66±32%) and wood combustion (37±33%) as the most important contributors. The fossil fractions in total carbon determined by 14C measurements were in reasonably good agreement with that in primary (OC+EC) carbon apportioned by CMB in the MS winter samples. The comparison between the 14C and CMB results revealed that contemporary sources dominated other OC in the TVR, especially in summertime (84% contemporary).
Source contributions to carbonaceous aerosols in the Tennessee Valley Region
Ke, Lin (author) / Ding, Xiang (author) / Tanner, Roger L. (author) / Schauer, James J. (author) / Zheng, Mei (author)
Atmospheric Environment ; 41 ; 8898-8923
2007-08-09
26 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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