Modelling winter organic aerosol at the European scale with CAMx: evaluation and source apportionment with a VBS parameterization based on novel wood burning smog chamber experiments

Ciarelli, Giancarlo; Aksoyoglu, Sebnem; El Haddad, Imad; Bruns, Emily A.; Crippa, Monica; Poulain, Laurent; Äijälä, Mikko; Carbone, Samara; Freney, Evelyn; O'Dowd, Colin; Baltensperger, Urs; Prévôt, André S. H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7653-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7653-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7653-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

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23 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 23 Jun 2017

Modelling winter organic aerosol at the European scale with CAMx: evaluation and source apportionment with a VBS parameterization based on novel wood burning smog chamber experiments

Giancarlo Ciarelli, Sebnem Aksoyoglu, Imad El Haddad, Emily A. Bruns, Monica Crippa, Laurent Poulain, Mikko Äijälä, Samara Carbone, Evelyn Freney, Colin O'Dowd, Urs Baltensperger, and André S. H. Prévôt

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript acp-2016-785', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Giancarlo Ciarelli, 04 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review of Ciarelli et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', Giancarlo Ciarelli, 04 Apr 2017

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Short summary

Organic aerosol (OA) comprises the main fraction of fine particulate matter (PM₁). Using a new VBS parameterization, we performed model-based source apportionment studies to assess the importance of different emission sources to the total OA loads in Europe during winter periods. Our results indicate that residential wood burning emissions represent the major source of OA, followed by non-residential emission sources (i.e. traffic and industries).