Quantification of the carbonaceous matter origin in submicron marine aerosol by &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;13&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C and &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;14&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;C isotope analysis

Čeburnis, Darius; Garbaras, Andrius; Szidat, Sönke; Rinaldi, Matteo; Fahrni, Simon; Perron, N.; Wacker, Lukas; Leinert, S.; Remeikis, Vidmantas; Facchini, M. C.; Prévôt, Andrê S. H.; Jennings, S. G.; Ramonet, M.; O’Dowd, Colin

doi:10.5194/acp-11-8593-2011

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“…While the presence of significant BC at the latter site indicates some contamination by combustion aerosols, much of that difference is undoubtedly due to different plankton populations: the isotope analyses of Ceburnis et al (2011) and the correlations with chlorophyll-a in O' Dowd et al (2008) demonstrate that a large fraction of OM there is of marine origin.…”

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“…Carbon isotopes have been used as tracers of marine organics, allowing a few groups to calculate marine and continental contributions to OM. Turekian et al (2003), Narukawa et al (2008), and Miyazaki et al (2010) used 13 C andCeburnis et al (2011) used 14 C as well. In general, evidence for large contributions of OA to marine aerosol come from studies at high latitudes or during phytoplankton blooms.…”

Section: M Shank Et Al: Organic Matter and Non-refractory Aerosolmentioning

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Organic matter and non-refractory aerosol over the remote Southeast Pacific: oceanic and combustion sources

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(SO 4 ) and organics (Org), during VOCALS and the cruise show lower absolute values than those reported for previous "clean air" studies. In the marine boundary layer, average concentrations for SO 4 were 0.52 µg m −3 for the VOCALS region and 0.85 µg m −3 for the equatorial region while average Org concentrations were 0.10 and 0.07 µg m −3 , respectively. Campaign average Org/SO 4 ratios were 0.19 (VOCALS) and 0.08 (equatorial Pacific). Black carbon (BC) measurements from a single particle soot photometer (SP2) and carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations over the Southeast Pacific provided sensitive indicators of pollution. CO and BC were used to identify the least polluted air, which had average concentrations of SO 4 and Org of 0.14 and 0.01 µg m −3 , respectively, with an average Org/SO 4 of 0.08. Data from IMPEX was constrained to similar clean air criterion, and resulted in an average Org/SO 4 ratio of 0.19. Under the cleanest MBL conditions during VOCALS, identified by CO below 61 ppbv, a robust linear relationship between Org and BC concentrations revealed that even at very low pollution levels, combustion sources dominated organic aerosol, suggesting little to no marine source of submicrometer Org to the atmosphere over the eastern South Pacific. This means marine organics cannot be identified by merely setting a standard for background conditions below which anthropogenic influence can be disregarded. Other methods must be used to exclude nonmarine sources.

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Section: M Shank Et Al: Organic Matter and Non-refractory Aerosolmentioning

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Organic matter and non-refractory aerosol over the remote Southeast Pacific: oceanic and combustion sources

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“…At an urban site in Zürich, f M (TC) was 69-94 % in winter. Ceburnis et al (2011) showed, by utilising combinations of dual carbon isotope analysis, conclusive evidence of a dominant biogenic organic fraction to organic aerosol over biologically active oceans. In particular, the NE Atlantic, which is also subjected to notable anthropogenic influences via pollution transport processes, was found to contain 80 % organic aerosol matter of biogenic origin directly linked to plankton emissions.…”

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General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) – integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

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Abstract. In this paper we describe and summarize the main achievements of the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions project (EUCAARI). EUCAARI started on 1 January 2007 and ended on 31 December 2010 leaving a rich legacy including: (a) a comprehensive database with a year of observations of the physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosol particles over Europe, (b) comprehensive aerosol measurements in four developing countries, (c) a database of airborne measurements of aerosols and clouds over Europe during May 2008, (d) comprehensive modeling tools to study aerosol processes fron nano to global scale and their effects on climate and air quality. In addition a new Pan-European aerosol emissions inventory was developed and evaluated, a new cluster spectrometer was built and tested in the field and several new aerosol parameterizations and computations modules for chemical transport and global climate models were developed and evaluated. These achievements and related studies have substantially improved our understanding and reduced the uncertainties of aerosol radiative forcing and air quality-climate interactions. The EUCAARI results can be utilized in European and global environmental policy to assess the aerosol impacts and the corresponding abatement strategies.

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“…Dual isotope ( 14 C and 13 C) analysis of carbonaceous aerosol has only been reported in a few previous studies (Ceburnis et al, 2011;Kirillova et al, 2013). Authors demonstrated that 14 C/ 12 C and 13 C/ 12 C ratios provide valuable information concerning both the sources and atmospheric processes of carbonaceous aerosol.…”

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“…Authors demonstrated that 14 C/ 12 C and 13 C/ 12 C ratios provide valuable information concerning both the sources and atmospheric processes of carbonaceous aerosol. Ceburnis et al (2011) used a dual isotope ( 14 C and 13 C) method for quantifying biogenic marine and terrestrial organic aerosol sources. Kirilowa et al (2013) established water soluble organic carbon (WSOC) sources in Indian region.…”

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Origin Identification of Carbonaceous Aerosol Particles by Carbon Isotope Ratio Analysis

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We applied stable carbon isotope ratio ( 13 C/ 12 C) and radiocarbon ( 14 C) analysis for the quantification of three main aerosol sources (coal, biomass and liquid fossil fuel derived aerosol emissions). Submicron aerosol samples (PM 1 ) were collected from 27 th October, 2014 to 19 th January, 2015 at a suburban site of Vilnius city (Lithuania). To determine fossil and non-fossil contributions to submicron carbonaceous aerosol particles, 14 C measurements of total carbon (TC) were performed using single stage accelerator mass spectrometer (SSAMS, NEC, USA). The concentrations of TC and δ 13 C in PM 1 fraction were measured using elemental analyzer interfaced to isotope ratio mass spectrometer (EA-IRMS).The TC concentration during measurement period ranged from 1.3 to 9.6 µg m -3. The variation of TC concentrations can be explained by the influence of long-range transport and dispersion properties of the boundary layer (mixed layer depth).We found that biomass-derived aerosol sources are prevailing in Vilnius during wintertime and ranged from 57% to 84% of total carbonaceous aerosol fraction. Applying isotope mass balance calculations the traffic emissions were estimated to be 15 ± 7% and coal combustion made up 14 ± 9% in PM 1 . To provide better information about the pollution sources, the carbon isotope analysis along air mass transport pattern was performed. Our results demonstrated that the high contribution to PM 1 from coal burning (up to 40%) was observed for air masses transported from highly industrialized Western Europe regions. Combination of stable carbon isotope ratio with the radiocarbon data allow to distinguish coal from liquid fossil fuel in the aerosol particle emissions.

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Quantification of the carbonaceous matter origin in submicron marine aerosol by <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>14</sup>C isotope analysis

Cited by 122 publications

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Organic matter and non-refractory aerosol over the remote Southeast Pacific: oceanic and combustion sources

Organic matter and non-refractory aerosol over the remote Southeast Pacific: oceanic and combustion sources

General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) – integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

Origin Identification of Carbonaceous Aerosol Particles by Carbon Isotope Ratio Analysis

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