Spatiotemporal variation and trends in equivalent black carbon in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland

Luoma, Krista; Niemi, Jarkko V.; Aurela, Minna; Fung, Pak Lun; Helin, Aku; Hussein, Tareq; Kangas, Leena; Kousa, Anu; Rönkkö, Topi; Timonen, Hilkka; Virkkula, Aki; Petäjä, Tuukka

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1173-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1173-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1173-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

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28 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 28 Jan 2021

Spatiotemporal variation and trends in equivalent black carbon in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland

Krista Luoma, Jarkko V. Niemi, Minna Aurela, Pak Lun Fung, Aku Helin, Tareq Hussein, Leena Kangas, Anu Kousa, Topi Rönkkö, Hilkka Timonen, Aki Virkkula, and Tuukka Petäjä

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Smart-SMEAR: on-line data exploration and visualization tool for SMEAR stations H. Junninen et al. https://smear.avaa.csc.fi/

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This study combined black carbon measurements from 15 Finnish sites that represented different environments (traffic, detached housing area, urban background, and regional background). The seasonal and diurnal variations in the black carbon concentration were associated with local emissions from traffic and residential wood burning. The study observed decreasing trends in the black carbon concentration and associated them with decreases in traffic emissions.