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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-717-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
| 
19 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 19 Jan 2021
| 19 Jan 2021
Highly time-resolved measurements of element concentrations in PM10 and PM2.5: comparison of Delhi, Beijing, London, and Krakow
Pragati Rai
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Jay G. Slowik
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Imad El Haddad
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Suzanne Visser
Centre for Environmental Quality, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment,
3720 Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Yandong Tong
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Atinderpal Singh
Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India
Günther Wehrle
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Varun Kumar
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Anna K. Tobler
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Deepika Bhattu
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Jodhpur,
Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342037, India
Liwei Wang
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Dilip Ganguly
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India
Neeraj Rastogi
Geosciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India
Ru-Jin Huang
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Department of Applied Nuclear Physics,
AGH University of Science and Technology, 30059 Krakow, Poland
Junji Cao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth
Environment,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China
Sachchida N. Tripathi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Earth Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016, India
Urs Baltensperger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
André S. H. Prévôt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute,
Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Data sets
Highly time-resolved measurements of element concentrations in PM10 and PM2.5: Comparison of Delhi, Beijing, London, and Krakow [Data set] Pragati Rai and Markus Furger https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4311854
Short summary
We present a simple conceptual framework based on elemental size distributions and enrichment factors that allows for a characterization of major sources, site-to-site similarities, and local differences and the identification of key information required for efficient policy development. Absolute concentrations are by far the highest in Delhi, followed by Beijing, and then the European cities.
We present a simple conceptual framework based on elemental size distributions and enrichment...
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