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| 11 May 2021
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Trends, composition, and sources of carbonaceous aerosol at the Birkenes Observatory, northern Europe, 2001–2018
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Francesco Canonaco
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Datalystica Ltd., 5234 Villigen, Switzerland
Sabine Eckhardt
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Nikolaos Evangeliou
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Markus Fiebig
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Hans Gundersen
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Anne-Gunn Hjellbrekke
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Cathrine Lund Myhre
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Stephen Matthew Platt
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
André S. H. Prévôt
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
David Simpson
EMEP MSC-W, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 0371 Oslo, Norway
Dept. Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Sverre Solberg
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Jason Surratt
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Kjetil Tørseth
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Hilde Uggerud
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Marit Vadset
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100101, China
Wenche Aas
NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research,
2027 Kjeller, Norway
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Short summary
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 % (PM2.5) and 78 % (PM10–2.5) of OC to biogenic sources.
Carbonaceous aerosol sources and trends were studied at the Birkenes Observatory. A large...
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