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Research article
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04 Jul 2022
Research article |
| 04 Jul 2022
| 04 Jul 2022
Absorption enhancement of black carbon particles in a Mediterranean city and countryside: effect of particulate matter chemistry, ageing and trend analysis
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Grup de Meteorologia, Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
Marta Via
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Grup de Meteorologia, Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
Andrés Alastuey
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Angeliki Karanasiou
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
María Cruz Minguillón
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Noemí Perez
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Xavier Querol
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Cristina Reche
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
Matic Ivančič
Aerosol d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia
Martin Rigler
Aerosol d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia
Marco Pandolfi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, 08034, Spain
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Short summary
This study presents the absorption enhancement of internally and externally mixed black carbon (BC) particles in a Mediterranean city and countryside. We showed the importance of secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) and particle ageing by increasing the BC absorption enhancement. We performed a trend analysis on the absorption enhancement. We found a positive trend of the absorption enhancement at the regional station in summer driven by the increase over time of the relative contribution of SOA.
This study presents the absorption enhancement of internally and externally mixed black carbon...
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