Particulate pollutants in the Brazilian city of São Paulo: 1-year investigation for the chemical composition and source apportionment

Pereira, Guilherme Martins; Teinilä, Kimmo; Custódio, Danilo; Gomes Santos, Aldenor; Xian, Huang; Hillamo, Risto; Alves, Célia A.; Bittencourt de Andrade, Jailson; Olímpio da Rocha, Gisele; Kumar, Prashant; Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar; Andrade, Maria de Fátima; de Castro Vasconcellos, Pérola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11943-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11943-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11943-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

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09 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 09 Oct 2017

Particulate pollutants in the Brazilian city of São Paulo: 1-year investigation for the chemical composition and source apportionment

Guilherme Martins Pereira, Kimmo Teinilä, Danilo Custódio, Aldenor Gomes Santos, Huang Xian, Risto Hillamo, Célia A. Alves, Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade, Gisele Olímpio da Rocha, Prashant Kumar, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Maria de Fátima Andrade, and Pérola de Castro Vasconcellos

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Aug 2017) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Aug 2017)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (16 Aug 2017) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

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ED: Publish as is (28 Aug 2017) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

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São Paulo, Brazil, has relatively relaxed regulations for ambient air pollution standards and often presents high air pollution levels due to emissions of airborne particles from local sources and long-range transport of biomass burning smoke. High risks associated with particulate matter exposure were observed in most samples. The results highlighted the contribution of vehicular emissions and the significant input from biomass combustion in the dry season.