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Mass concentration, optical depth and carbon composition of particulate matter in the major southern West African cities of Cotonou (Benin) and Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)
Julien Djossou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire de physique du rayonnement, Université Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin
Jean-François Léon
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Aristide Barthélemy Akpo
Laboratoire de physique du rayonnement, Université Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin
Cathy Liousse
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Véronique Yoboué
Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Université Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Mouhamadou Bedou
Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Université Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Marleine Bodjrenou
Laboratoire de physique du rayonnement, Université Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin
Christelle Chiron
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Corinne Galy-Lacaux
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Eric Gardrat
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Marcellin Abbey
Laboratoire de physique du rayonnement, Université Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin
Sékou Keita
Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Université Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Julien Bahino
Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Université Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Evelyne Touré N'Datchoh
Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Université Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Money Ossohou
Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Université Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Cossi Norbert Awanou
Laboratoire de physique du rayonnement, Université Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin
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Short summary
Atmospheric aerosols were collected in Cotonou/traffic (CT), Benin, and, Abidjan/traffic (AT), Abidjan/landfill (AL) and Abidjan/domestic fires (ADF), Côte d'Ivoire, from February 2015 to March 2017. We report the weekly PM2.5, elemental (EC) and organic (OC) carbon, and aerosol optical depth (AOD) in both cities. PM2.5 was 32 ± 32, 32 ± 24, 28 ± 19 and 145 ± 69 µg m−3 at CT, AT, AL and ADF. OC / EC is 3.5 at CT, 2.0 at AT, 2.2 at AL and 5.2 at ADF. AOD is 0.58 at Cotonou and 0.68 at Abidjan.
Atmospheric aerosols were collected in Cotonou/traffic (CT), Benin, and, Abidjan/traffic (AT),...
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