Outdoor and Indoor Aerosol Size, Number, Mass and Compositional Dynamics at an Urban Background Site during Warm Season.

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/16:10326402

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.055" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.055</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.055" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.055</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Outdoor and Indoor Aerosol Size, Number, Mass and Compositional Dynamics at an Urban Background Site during Warm Season.

Original language description

This paper describes the use of a unique valve switching system that allowed for high temporal resolution indoor and outdoor data to be collected concurrently from online C-ToF-AMS, SMPS and OC/EC, and offline BLPI measurements. The results reveal near real-time dynamic aerosol behaviour along a migration path from an outdoor to indoor environment. An outdoor reduction in NR-PM1 mass concentration occurred daily from AM (06:00-12:00) to PM (12:00-18:00). SO4 (26%-37%) [AM/PM] increased proportionally during afternoons at the expense of NO3 (18%-7%). The influences of mixing height, temperature and solar radiation were considered against the mean mass concentration loss for each species. Losses were then calculated according to species via a basic input/output model. NO3 lost the most mass during afternoon periods, which we attribute to the accelerated dissociation of NH4NO3 through increasing temperature and decreasing relative humidity. Indoor/outdoor (I/O) ratios varied from 0.46 for <40 nm to 0.65 for >100 nm. These ratios were calculated using average SMPS PNC measurements over the full campaign and corroborated using a novel technique of calculating I/O penetration ratios through the indoor migration of particles during a new particle formation event. This ratio was then used to observe changes in indoor composition relative to those outdoors. Indoor sampling was carried out in an undisturbed room with no known sources. Indoor concentrations were found to be proportional to those outdoors, with organic matter [2.7 mu g/m(3)] and SO4 [1.7 mu g/m(3)] being the most prominent species. These results are indicative of fairly rapid aerosol penetration, a source-free indoor environment and small afternoon I/O temperature gradients. Fine fraction NO3 was observed indoors in both real-time AMS PM1 and off-line BLPI measurements.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

CF - Physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Atmospheric Environment

ISSN

1352-2310

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

131

Issue of the periodical within the volume

APR 2016

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

171-184

UT code for WoS article

000372763400017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84957922687