AIRUSE-LIFE+: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

Amato, Fulvio; Alastuey, Andrés; Karanasiou, Angeliki; Lucarelli, Franco; Nava, Silvia; Calzolai, Giulia; Severi, Mirko; Becagli, Silvia; Gianelle, Vorne L.; Colombi, Cristina; Alves, Celia; Custódio, Danilo; Nunes, Teresa; Cerqueira, Mario; Pio, Casimiro; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos; Diapouli, Evangelia; Reche, Cristina; Minguillón, María Cruz; Manousakas, Manousos-Ioannis; Maggos, Thomas; Vratolis, Stergios; Harrison, Roy M.; Querol, Xavier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3289-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3289-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3289-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

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14 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2016

AIRUSE-LIFE+: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

Fulvio Amato, Andrés Alastuey, Angeliki Karanasiou, Franco Lucarelli, Silvia Nava, Giulia Calzolai, Mirko Severi, Silvia Becagli, Vorne L. Gianelle, Cristina Colombi, Celia Alves, Danilo Custódio, Teresa Nunes, Mario Cerqueira, Casimiro Pio, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Evangelia Diapouli, Cristina Reche, María Cruz Minguillón, Manousos-Ioannis Manousakas, Thomas Maggos, Stergios Vratolis, Roy M. Harrison, and Xavier Querol

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Harmonized source apportionment of atmospheric particulate matter (PM₁₀ and PM_2.5) at 5 EU cities (Barcelona, Florence, Milan, Athens and Porto) reveals that vehicle exhaust (excluding nitrate) plus non-exhaust contributes 16–32 % to PM₁₀ and 15–36 % to PM_2.5. Secondary PM represents 37–82 % of PM_2.5. Biomass burning varies from < 2 to 24 % of PM₁₀, depending on the residential heating fuel. Other sources are local dust (7–19 % of PM₁₀), industries (4–11 % of PM₁₀), shipping, sea salt and Saharan dust.