Physico-chemical characterization of urban aerosols from specific combustion sources in West Africa at Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire and Cotonou in Benin in the frame of the DACCIWA program

Adon, Aka Jacques; Liousse, Catherine; Doumbia, Elhadji Thierno; Baeza-Squiban, Armelle; Cachier, Hélène; Léon, Jean-Francois; Yoboué, Véronique; Akpo, Aristique Barthel; Galy-Lacaux, Corinne; Guinot, Benjamin; Zouiten, Cyril; Xu, Hongmei; Gardrat, Eric; Keita, Sekou

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5327-2020

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06 May 2020

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| 06 May 2020

Physico-chemical characterization of urban aerosols from specific combustion sources in West Africa at Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire and Cotonou in Benin in the frame of the DACCIWA program

Aka Jacques Adon, Catherine Liousse, Elhadji Thierno Doumbia, Armelle Baeza-Squiban, Hélène Cachier, Jean-Francois Léon, Véronique Yoboué, Aristique Barthel Akpo, Corinne Galy-Lacaux, Benjamin Guinot, Cyril Zouiten, Hongmei Xu, Eric Gardrat, and Sekou Keita

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RC1: 'Review of paper: acp-2019-406', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jul 2019
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RC2: 'Review comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Aug 2019
- AC3: 'letters rewiever', Jacques Adon, 15 Jan 2020
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AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (27 Jan 2020) Author's response

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Mar 2020) by Mathew Evans

AR by Jacques Adon on behalf of the Authors (26 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Mar 2020) by Mathew Evans

AR by Jacques Adon on behalf of the Authors (03 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

It is our responsibility to establish a link between emissions, air pollution, and health impacts for urban combustion sources, typical of Africa. Our results show that the particulate concentrations observed at all sites far exceed the recommendations of WHO. The site influenced by domestic fires is the most polluted site, dominated by a significant fraction of ultrafine particles. These studies will eventually lead to the implementation of emission reduction solutions to improve air quality.