High Contribution of Biomass Combustion to PM2.5 in the City Centre of Naples (Italy)

Carmina Sirignano; Angelo Riccio; Elena Chianese; Haiyan Ni; Katrin Zenker; Antonio D'Onofrio; Harro A. J. Meijer; Ulrike Dusek

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High Contribution of Biomass Combustion to PM2.5 in the City Centre of Naples (Italy)

Carmina Sirignano^*, Angelo Riccio, Elena Chianese, Haiyan Ni, Katrin Zenker, Antonio D'Onofrio, Harro A. J. Meijer, Ulrike Dusek

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A better knowledge of the local and regional sources of the atmospheric particulate matter provides policy makers with the proper awareness when acting to improve air quality, in order to protect public health. A source apportionment study of the carbonaceous aerosol in Naples (Italy) is presented here, in order to improve this understanding in a vulnerable urban area. The aim of this study is quantifying directly fossil and non-fossil contributions to carbonaceous aerosol, by means of radiocarbon measurements. This is the first time that such an approach is implemented in this area. Fine particles with diameter

Original language	English
Article number	451
Number of pages	24
Journal	Atmosphere
Volume	10
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10080451
Publication status	Published - Aug-2019

Keywords

PM2.5
EC
OC
C-14
urban air quality
source apportionment
CARBONACEOUS PARTICULATE MATTER
SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL
NON-FOSSIL SOURCES
SOURCE APPORTIONMENT
ELEMENTAL CARBON
SEASONAL VARIABILITY
RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS
EMISSION FACTORS
BACKGROUND SITE
BLACK CARBON

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