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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10219-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10219-2018
Research article
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18 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2018

Assessment of wood burning versus fossil fuel contribution to wintertime black carbon and carbon monoxide concentrations in Athens, Greece

Athina-Cerise Kalogridis, Stergios Vratolis, Eleni Liakakou, Evangelos Gerasopoulos, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, and Konstantinos Eleftheriadis

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Contribution of biomass burning versus fossil fuel use on wintertime air pollution is investigated based on continuous surface measurements of black carbon (BC) and carbon monoxide (CO) at a suburban and an urban background monitoring sites in Athens. Fossil fuel combustion is found to be the major contributor to both BC and CO ambient concentrations. However, wood burning used for domestic heating makes a significant contribution of about 30 and 15 % to the observed BC and CO levels.
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