Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols in Singapore: insight from black carbon fragments and trace metal ions detected by a soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer

Rivellini, Laura-Hélèna; Adam, Max Gerrit; Kasthuriarachchi, Nethmi; Lee, Alex King Yin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5977-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5977-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5977-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 10

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20 May 2020

Research article |

| 20 May 2020

Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols in Singapore: insight from black carbon fragments and trace metal ions detected by a soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer

Laura-Hélèna Rivellini, Max Gerrit Adam, Nethmi Kasthuriarachchi, and Alex King Yin Lee

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'REply to referee #1', Laura-Hélèna Rivellini, 22 Mar 2020
RC2: 'Review', Eleanor Browne, 29 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to referee #2 Eleanor Browne', Laura-Hélèna Rivellini, 22 Mar 2020

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This work highlights that trace metals and refractory black carbon (rBC), and their inclusion in a source–receptor model, can provide important insight into the source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols. In Singapore, we evidenced that 90 % of rBC originated from traffic/industrial emissions. The association of aged OA with K and Rb underlines the influence of regional biomass burning sources, while rBC fragmentation patterns and V/Ni were used to identify industrial and shipping pollutants.