A 1-year aerosol chemical speciation monitor (ACSM) source analysis of organic aerosol particle contributions from anthropogenic sources after long-range transport at the TROPOS research station Melpitz

Atabakhsh, Samira; Poulain, Laurent; Chen, Gang; Canonaco, Francesco; Prévôt, André S. H.; Pöhlker, Mira; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Herrmann, Hartmut

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6963-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6963-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6963-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

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23 Jun 2023

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| 23 Jun 2023

A 1-year aerosol chemical speciation monitor (ACSM) source analysis of organic aerosol particle contributions from anthropogenic sources after long-range transport at the TROPOS research station Melpitz

Samira Atabakhsh, Laurent Poulain, Gang Chen, Francesco Canonaco, André S. H. Prévôt, Mira Pöhlker, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Hartmut Herrmann

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European Aerosol Phenomenology -- 8: Harmonised Source Apportionment of Organic Aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS Datasets G. Chen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6672710

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The study focuses on the aerosol chemical variations found in the rural-background station of Melpitz based on ACSM and MAAP measurements. Source apportionment on both organic aerosol (OA) and black carbon (eBC) was performed, and source seasonality was also linked to air mass trajectories. Overall, three anthropogenic sources were identified in OA and eBC plus two additional aged OA. Our results demonstrate the influence of transported coal-combustion-related OA even during summer time.