Measurement report: Size-resolved chemical characterisation of aerosols in low-income urban settlements in South Africa

Segakweng, Constance K.; van Zyl, Pieter G.; Liousse, Cathy; Beukes, Johan P.; Swartz, Jan-Stefan; Gardrat, Eric; Dias-Alves, Maria; Language, Brigitte; Burger, Roelof P.; Piketh, Stuart J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10291-2022

Articles | Volume 22, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10291-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10291-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 15

Measurement report

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11 Aug 2022

Measurement report |

| 11 Aug 2022

Measurement report: Size-resolved chemical characterisation of aerosols in low-income urban settlements in South Africa

Constance K. Segakweng, Pieter G. van Zyl, Cathy Liousse, Johan P. Beukes, Jan-Stefan Swartz, Eric Gardrat, Maria Dias-Alves, Brigitte Language, Roelof P. Burger, and Stuart J. Piketh

Data sets

Segakweng et al. 2021 dataset.xlsx Pieter Gideon van Zyl https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17197247.v1

Short summary

A detailed size-resolved assessment of the chemical characteristics of outdoor and indoor aerosols collected in low-income urban settlements in South Africa indicated the significance of household combustion for cooking and space heating – an important source of pollutants in the developing world – to atmospheric chemical composition. The regional impact of industrial sources in the highly industrialised and densely populated north-eastern interior of South Africa was also evident.