Source apportionment of fine organic carbon at an urban site of Beijing using a chemical mass balance model

Xu, Jingsha; Liu, Di; Wu, Xuefang; Vu, Tuan V.; Zhang, Yanli; Fu, Pingqing; Sun, Yele; Xu, Weiqi; Zheng, Bo; Harrison, Roy M.; Shi, Zongbo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7321-2021

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12 May 2021

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| 12 May 2021

Source apportionment of fine organic carbon at an urban site of Beijing using a chemical mass balance model

Jingsha Xu, Di Liu, Xuefang Wu, Tuan V. Vu, Yanli Zhang, Pingqing Fu, Yele Sun, Weiqi Xu, Bo Zheng, Roy M. Harrison, and Zongbo Shi

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RC1: 'Manuscript acp-2020-1020-version2 Source Apportionment of Fine Aerosol at an Urban Site of Beijing using a Chemical Mass Balance Model by Jingsha Xu et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Some major revisions are needed.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Jan 2021
AC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1020', Jingsha Xu, 10 Mar 2021

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AR by Jingsha Xu on behalf of the Authors (10 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Mar 2021) by Tim Butler

AR by Jingsha Xu on behalf of the Authors (23 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Mar 2021) by Tim Butler

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Source apportionment of fine aerosols in an urban site of Beijing used a chemical mass balance (CMB) model. Seven primary sources (industrial/residential coal burning, biomass burning, gasoline/diesel vehicles, cooking and vegetative detritus) explained an average of 75.7 % and 56.1 % of fine OC in winter and summer, respectively. CMB was found to resolve more primary OA sources than AMS-PMF, but the latter apportioned more secondary OA sources.