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Organic functional groups in aerosol particles from burning and non-burning forest emissions at a high-elevation mountain site |
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S. Takahama, R. E. Schwartz, L. M. Russell, A. M. Macdonald, S. Sharma, W. R. Leaitch |
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 11, no. 13 ; Nr. 11, no. 13 (2011-07-06), S.6367-6386 |
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250009892
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/acp-11-6367-2011.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
Ambient particles collected on teflon filters at the Peak of Whistler
Mountain, British Columbia (2182 m a.s.l.) during spring and summer 2009
were measured by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for organic
functional groups (OFG). The project mean and standard deviation of organic
aerosol mass concentrations (OM) for all samples was 3.2±3.3
(μg m−3). Measurements of aerosol mass fragments, size, and
number concentrations were used to separate fossil-fuel combustion and
burning and non-burning forest sources of the measured organic aerosol. The
OM was composed of the same anthropogenic and non-burning forest components
observed at Whistler mid-valley in the spring of 2008; during the 2009
campaign, biomass burning aerosol was additionally observed from fire
episodes occurring between June and September. On average, organic hydroxyl,
alkane, carboxylic acid, ketone, and primary amine groups represented
31 %±11 %, 34 %±9 %, 23 %±6 %,
6 %±7 %, and 6 %±3 % of OM, respectively. Ketones
in aerosols were associated with burning and non-burning forest origins, and
represented up to 27 % of the OM. The organic aerosol fraction resided
almost entirely in the submicron fraction without significant diurnal
variations. OM/OC mass ratios ranged mostly between 2.0 and 2.2 and O/C
atomic ratios between 0.57 and 0.76, indicating that the organic aerosol
reaching the site was highly aged and possibly formed through secondary
formation processes. |
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