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23 Jul 2015
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| 23 Jul 2015
Water soluble aerosols and gases at a UK background site – Part 1: Controls of PM2.5 and PM10 aerosol composition
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
C. F. Di Marco
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
S. Leeson
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
N. van Dijk
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
M. R. Jones
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
I. D. Leith
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
E. Morrison
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
School of Chemistry, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3JJ, UK
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
R. Proost
Metrohm Applikon B.V. De Brauwweg 13, 3125 AE Schiedam, the Netherlands
A. N. M. Peeters
Metrohm Applikon B.V. De Brauwweg 13, 3125 AE Schiedam, the Netherlands
E. Lemon
Metrohm Applikon B.V. De Brauwweg 13, 3125 AE Schiedam, the Netherlands
T. Frelink
Metrohm Applikon B.V. De Brauwweg 13, 3125 AE Schiedam, the Netherlands
C. F. Braban
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
E. Nemitz
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
J. N. Cape
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK
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Hourly inorganic composition of UK background particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) has been studied for a 6.5-year period at Auchencorth Moss, Scotland. Long-range transport of both anthropogenic secondary and natural primary PM is observed, driven primarily by meteorology. The importance of nitrate, sulfate and ammonium during pollution events in the UK is demonstrated.
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