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Sources of organic aerosols in Europe: a modeling study using CAMx with modified volatility basis set scheme
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Imad El-Haddad
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Giancarlo Ciarelli
Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, USA
Hugo A. C. Denier van der Gon
TNO, Department of Climate, Air and Sustainability, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Francesco Canonaco
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Stefania Gilardoni
Italian National Research Council – Institute of Atmospheric Sciences
and Climate, Bologna, Italy
Marco Paglione
Italian National Research Council – Institute of Atmospheric Sciences
and Climate, Bologna, Italy
now at: Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for
Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Patras, Greece
María Cruz Minguillón
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA),
CSIC, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Olivier Favez
Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
(INERIS), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
Yunjiang Zhang
Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
(INERIS), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE),
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Nicolas Marchand
Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Liqing Hao
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box
1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
Annele Virtanen
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box
1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
Kalliopi Florou
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, 26500
Patras, Greece
Colin O'Dowd
School of Physics, Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air
Pollution Studies, and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland,
National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 CF50,
Ireland
Jurgita Ovadnevaite
School of Physics, Ryan Institute's Centre for Climate and Air
Pollution Studies, and Marine Renewable Energy Ireland,
National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 CF50,
Ireland
Urs Baltensperger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
André S. H. Prévôt
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232
Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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We use an air quality model with a modified organic aerosol (OA) module based on chamber experiments to identify the OA sources and their contributions in Europe. Comparisons with long-term measurements at nine sites in 2011 show an improvement in OA simulation. Our results suggest that the biomass burning and biogenic emissions are the dominant sources in winter and summer, respectively. Contributions of diesel and gasoline vehicles are relatively small compared to a previous study in the US.
We use an air quality model with a modified organic aerosol (OA) module based on chamber...
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