Sources of particulate matter components in the Athabasca oil sands region: investigation through a comparison of trace element measurement methodologies

Phillips-Smith, Catherine; Jeong, Cheol-Heon; Healy, Robert M.; Dabek-Zlotorzynska, Ewa; Celo, Valbona; Brook, Jeffrey R.; Evans, Greg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9435-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9435-2017

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07 Aug 2017

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| 07 Aug 2017

Sources of particulate matter components in the Athabasca oil sands region: investigation through a comparison of trace element measurement methodologies

Catherine Phillips-Smith, Cheol-Heon Jeong, Robert M. Healy, Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska, Valbona Celo, Jeffrey R. Brook, and Greg Evans

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Ground-based measurements of air pollutants and meteorology during the summer 2013 campaign in the Oil Sands Region Canada-Alberta Oil Sands http://www.ec.gc.ca/data_donnees/SSB-OSM_Air/AmbientGasesAndParticles/GroundBasedMeasurements-Summer2013/

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The sources of PM_2.5 components exhibited short-term variabilities, and their contributions were identified in the Athabasca oil sands region. Much of the trace elements were found to originate from anthropogenic activities, i.e., oil sands upgrading and on- and off-road transportation. Some of these anthropogenic activities became better defined and understood only through highly time-resolved measurements, which can help guide further studies and policy decisions in the oil sands area.