Articles | Volume 23, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6941-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6941-2023
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22 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 22 Jun 2023

A new method for the quantification of ambient particulate-matter emission fluxes

Stergios Vratolis, Evangelia Diapouli, Manousos I. Manousakas, Susana Marta Almeida, Ivan Beslic, Zsofia Kertesz, Lucyna Samek, and Konstantinos Eleftheriadis

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Using a dataset from 16 European and Asian cities we develop a new method so as to identify and quantify the emission fluxes from each geographic grid cell for secondary sulfate and dust aerosol. The information provided by the new method allows the implementation of targeted mitigation measures. The new method could be applied to several other pollutants (e.g., black carbon).
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