Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur over southern Europe with focus on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

İm, Ulaş; Christodoulaki, Sylvia; Violaki, Kalliopi; Zarmpas, Pavlos; Koçak, Mustafa; Daskalakis, Nikos; Mihalopoulos, N.; Kanakidou, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.048

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“…Finally, it is important to consider that several studies estimate the deposition flux of particle using a multistep model that it takes into account the ambient concentrations and deposition velocities. Despite the approximations used, the estimated fluxes result in good agreement with those measured [42,53,57,125,[128][129][130].…”

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Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature

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Advances in Meteorology

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The atmosphere is a carrier on which some natural and anthropogenic organic and inorganic chemicals are transported, and the wet and dry deposition events are the most important processes that remove those chemicals, depositing it on soil and water. A wide variety of different collectors were tested to evaluate site-specificity, seasonality and daily variability of settleable particle concentrations. Deposition fluxes of POPs showed spatial and seasonal variations, diagnostic ratios of PAHs on deposited particles, allowed the discrimination between pyrolytic or petrogenic sources. Congener pattern analysis and bulk deposition fluxes in rural sites confirmed long-range atmospheric transport of PCDDs/Fs. More and more sophisticated and newly designed deposition samplers have being used for characterization of deposited mercury, demonstrating the importance of rain scavenging and the relatively higher magnitude of Hg deposition from Chinese anthropogenic sources. Recently biological monitors demonstrated that PAH concentrations in lichens were comparable with concentrations measured in a conventional active sampler in an outdoor environment. In this review the authors explore the methodological approaches used for the assessment of atmospheric deposition, from the analysis of the sampling methods, the analytical procedures for chemical characterization of pollutants and the main results from the scientific literature.

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Section: An Overview Of Findings Frommentioning

confidence: 51%

Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature

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Dambruoso

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“…It consists in a parameterisation of the complex deposition mechanism described by CMAQ , which quan tifies wet and dry deposition of 8 different species of oxidised nitrogen, 3 of reduced nitrogen and 5 of sulphur (Im et al, 2013). The general methodology that was followed to develop such a parameterisation is published in Ganev et al (2008) and modified to the particular condi tions of the Iberian Peninsula according to Martín et al (2011).…”

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An integrated assessment of two decades of air pollution policy making in Spain: Impacts, costs and improvements

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Borge

Lumbreras

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Science of The Total Environment

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This paper analyses the effects of policy making for air pollution abatement in Spain between 2000 and 2020 under an integrated assessment approach with the AERIS model for number of pollutants (NO x /NO 2 , PM 10 / PM 2 5 , O 3 , SO 2 , NH 3 and VOC). The analysis of the effects of air pollution focused on different aspects: compliance with the European limit values of Directive 2008/50/EC for NO 2 and PM 10 for the Spanish air quality management areas; the evaluation of impacts caused by the deposition of atmospheric sulphur and nitrogen on ecosystems; the exceedance of critical levels of NO 2 and SO 2 in forest areas; the analysis of O 3 induced crop damage for grapes, maize, potato, rice, tobacco, tomato, watermelon and wheat; health impacts caused by human exposure to O 3 and PM 2 5 ; and costs on society due to crop losses (O 3 ), disability related absence of work staff and damage to build ings and public property due to soot related soiling (PM 2 5 ). In general, air quality policy making has delivered improvements in air quality levels throughout Spain and has mitigated the severity of the impacts on ecosystems health and vegetation in 2020 as target year. The findings of this work constitute an appropriate diagnosis for identifying improvement potentials for further mitigation for policy makers and stakeholders in Spain.

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“…No work reported organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) levels for the area. On the other hand, studies have been carried out to assess the atmospheric deposition of trace elements, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur over the Black Sea (Bartnicki and Fagerli 2008;Medinets and Medinets 2012;Theodosi et al 2013;Im et al 2013).…”

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PM10 and PM2.5 composition over the Central Black Sea: origin and seasonal variability

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Mihalopoulos

Tutsak

et al. 2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Daily PM10 and PM2.5 samples were collected between April 2009 and July 2010 at a rural site (Sinop) situated on the coast of the Central Black Sea. The concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 were 23.2 ± 16.7 and 9.8 ± 6.9 μg m(-3), respectively. Coarse and fine filters were analyzed for Cl(-), NO3(-), SO4(2-), C2O4(2-), PO4(3-), Na(+), NH4(+), K(+), Mg(2+), and Ca(2+) by using ion chromatography. Elemental and organic carbon content in bulk quartz filters were also analyzed. The highest PM2.5 contribution to PM10 was found in summer with a value of 0.54 due to enhanced secondary aerosols in relation to photochemistry. Cl(-), Na(+), and Mg(2+) illustrated their higher concentrations and variability during winter. Chlorine depletion was chiefly attributed to nitrate. Higher nssCa(2+) concentrations were ascribed to episodic mineral dust intrusions from North Africa into the region. Crustal material (31%) and sea salt (13%) were found to be accounted for the majority of the PM10. The ionic mass (IM), particulate organic matter (POM), and elemental carbon (EC) explained 13, 20, and 3% of the PM10 mass, correspondingly. The IM, POM, and EC dominated the PM2.5 (~74%) mass. Regarding EU legislation, the exceeded PM2.5 values were found to be associated with secondary aerosols, with a particular dominance of POM. For the exceeded PM10 values, six of the events were dominated by dust while two and four of these exceedances were caused by sea salt and mix events, respectively.

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Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur over southern Europe with focus on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

Cited by 45 publications

References 43 publications

Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature

Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature

An integrated assessment of two decades of air pollution policy making in Spain: Impacts, costs and improvements

PM10 and PM2.5 composition over the Central Black Sea: origin and seasonal variability

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