NDLI: Concentrations, sources and geochemistry of airborne particulate matter at a major European airport

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Author	Amato, Fulvio Moreno, Teresa Pandolfi, Marco Querol, Xavier Alastuey, Andrés Delgado, Ana Pedrero, Manuel Cots, Nuria
Spatial Coverage	Spain
Description	Country affiliation: Spain Author Affiliation: Amato F ( Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), c/Jordi Girona 18-26, Barcelona, Spain. fulvio.amato@idaea.csic.es)
Abstract	Monitoring of aerosol particle concentrations $(PM_{10},$ $PM_{2.5},$ $PM_{1})$ and chemical analysis $(PM_{10})$ was undertaken at a major European airport (El Prat, Barcelona) for a whole month during autumn 2007. Concentrations of airborne PM at the airport were close to those at road traffic hotspots in the nearby Barcelona city, with means measuring 48 μg $PM_{10}/$ m $^{3}$ , 21 μg $PM_{2.5}/m^{3}$ and 17 μg $PM_{1}/m^{3}.$ Meteorological controls on PM at El Prat are identified as cleansing daytime sea breezes with abundant coarse salt particles, alternating with nocturnal land-sourced winds which channel air polluted by industry and traffic $(PM_{1}/PM_{10}$ ratios > 0.5) SE down the Llobregat Valley. Chemical analyses of the $PM_{10}$ samples show that crustal PM is dominant (38% of $PM_{10}),$ followed by total carbon ( OC + EC , 25%), secondary inorganic aerosols ( SIA , 20%), and sea salt (6%). Local construction work for a new airport terminal was an important contributor to $PM_{10}$ crustal levels. Source apportionment modelling PCA-MLRA identifies five factors: industrial/traffic, crustal, sea salt , SIA , and K $^{+}$ likely derived from agricultural biomass burning . Whereas most of the atmospheric contamination concerning ambient air $PM_{10}$ levels at El Prat is not attributable directly to aircraft movement, levels of carbon are unusually high (especially organic carbon ), as are metals possibly sourced from tyre detritus/smoke in runway dust ( Ba , Zn , Mo ) and from brake dust in ambient $PM_{10}$ ( Cu , Sb ), especially when the airport is at its most busy. We identify microflakes of aluminous alloys in ambient $PM_{10}$ filters derived from corroded fuselage and wings as an unequivocal and highly distinctive tracer for aircraft movement.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14640325
Issue Number	4
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Volume Number	12
e-ISSN	14640333
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publisher Date	2010-04-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Environmental Health Air Pollutants Analysis Aviation Particulate Matter Chemistry Spain Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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