Trends, composition, and sources of carbonaceous aerosol at the Birkenes Observatory, northern Europe, 2001–2018

Yttri, Karl Espen; Canonaco, Francesco; Eckhardt, Sabine; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Fiebig, Markus; Gundersen, Hans; Hjellbrekke, Anne-Gunn; Lund Myhre, Cathrine; Platt, Stephen Matthew; Prévôt, André S. H.; Simpson, David; Solberg, Sverre; Surratt, Jason; Tørseth, Kjetil; Uggerud, Hilde; Vadset, Marit; Wan, Xin; Aas, Wenche

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7149-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7149-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7149-2021

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

Articles | Volume 21, issue 9

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11 May 2021

Research article |

| 11 May 2021

Trends, composition, and sources of carbonaceous aerosol at the Birkenes Observatory, northern Europe, 2001–2018

Karl Espen Yttri, Francesco Canonaco, Sabine Eckhardt, Nikolaos Evangeliou, Markus Fiebig, Hans Gundersen, Anne-Gunn Hjellbrekke, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Stephen Matthew Platt, André S. H. Prévôt, David Simpson, Sverre Solberg, Jason Surratt, Kjetil Tørseth, Hilde Uggerud, Marit Vadset, Xin Wan, and Wenche Aas

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RC1: 'Interactive comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Karl Espen Yttri, 18 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jan 2021
- AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Karl Espen Yttri, 18 Mar 2021
SC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1165', Michael Schulz, 06 Feb 2021
- AC4: 'Reply on SC1', Karl Espen Yttri, 18 Mar 2021
AC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1165', Karl Espen Yttri, 18 Mar 2021

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Mar 2021) by Ivan Kourtchev

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Carbonaceous aerosol sources and trends were studied at the Birkenes Observatory. A large decrease in elemental carbon (EC; 2001–2018) and a smaller decline in levoglucosan (2008–2018) suggest that organic carbon (OC)/EC from traffic/industry is decreasing, whereas the abatement of OC/EC from biomass burning has been less successful. Positive matrix factorization apportioned 72 % of EC to fossil fuel sources and 53 % (PM_2.5) and 78 % (PM_10–2.5) of OC to biogenic sources.