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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10325-2023
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Research article
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15 Sep 2023
Research article |
| 15 Sep 2023
| 15 Sep 2023
Source apportionment study on particulate air pollution in two high-altitude Bolivian cities: La Paz and El Alto
Valeria Mardoñez
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Laboratorio de Física de la Atmósfera, Instituto de
Investigaciones Físicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
Marco Pandolfi
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
(IDAEA-CSIC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Lucille Joanna S. Borlaza
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Jean-Luc Jaffrezo
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Andrés Alastuey
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
(IDAEA-CSIC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Jean-Luc Besombes
CNRS, EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, UMR 5204,
73000 Chambéry, France
Isabel Moreno R.
Laboratorio de Física de la Atmósfera, Instituto de
Investigaciones Físicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
Noemi Perez
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
(IDAEA-CSIC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Griša Močnik
Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, 5270
Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Haze Instruments d.o.o., 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Patrick Ginot
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Radovan Krejci
Department of Environmental Science and Bolin Centre for Climate
Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Vladislav Chrastny
Department of Environmental Geosciences, Faculty of Environmental
Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague – Suchdol, Czech Republic
Alfred Wiedensohler
Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Paolo Laj
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR),
University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Marcos Andrade
Laboratorio de Física de la Atmósfera, Instituto de
Investigaciones Físicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Gaëlle Uzu
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Université
Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
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9 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Oxidative potential of particulate matter and its association to respiratory health endpoints in high-altitude cities in Bolivia L. Borlaza-Lacoste et al. 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119179
- Review of scientific research on air quality and environmental health risk and impact for PICTS J. Hilly et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173628
- Impact of Features on CO2 Emission from Fueling Vehicles M. Zubair et al. 10.1007/s40996-024-01439-0
- Aerosol optical depth and water vapor variability assessed through autocorrelation analysis M. Franco et al. 10.1007/s00703-024-01011-5
- Tropical tropospheric aerosol sources and chemical composition observed at high altitude in the Bolivian Andes C. Moreno et al. 10.5194/acp-24-2837-2024
- Source apportionment of ambient pollution levels in Guayaquil, Ecuador M. Patiño-Aroca et al. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31613
- Impact of altitude on the dosage of indoor particulates entering an individual’s small airways Y. Li et al. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133856
- Atmospheric black carbon in the metropolitan area of La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia: concentration levels and emission sources V. Mardoñez-Balderrama et al. 10.5194/acp-24-12055-2024
- Disentangling fine particles (PM2.5) composition in Hanoi, Vietnam: Emission sources and oxidative potential P. Dominutti et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171466
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Latest update: 23 Nov 2024
Short summary
La Paz and El Alto are two fast-growing, high-altitude Bolivian cities forming the second-largest metropolitan area in the country. The sources of particulate matter (PM) in this conurbation were not previously investigated. This study identified 11 main sources of PM, of which dust and vehicular emissions stand out as the main ones. The influence of regional biomass combustion and local waste combustion was also observed, with the latter being a major source of hazardous compounds.
La Paz and El Alto are two fast-growing, high-altitude Bolivian cities forming the...
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