Long-term variability, source apportionment and spectral properties of black carbon at an urban background site in Athens, Greece

E Liakakou, I Stavroulas, DG Kaskaoutis, G Grivas… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to delineate the characteristics of Black Carbon (BC) in the atmosphere over
Athens, Greece, using 4-year (May 2015–April 2019) Aethalometer (AE-33) measurements …

Long-term brown carbon spectral characteristics in a Mediterranean city (Athens)

E Liakakou, DG Kaskaoutis, G Grivas… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study analyses 4-years of continuous 7-λ Aethalometer (AE-33) measurements in an
urban-background environment of Athens, to resolve the spectral absorption coefficients (b …

Emission factors and global warming potential of various solid biomass fuel-cook stove combinations

M Kaur-Sidhu, K Ravindra, S Mor, S John - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Solid biomass fuel-SBF combustion is known to be the second-largest source of carbon
emissions, which also leads to adverse environment and health implications. The study …

Yearlong measurements of monoterpenes and isoprene in a Mediterranean city (Athens): Natural vs anthropogenic origin

A Panopoulou, E Liakakou, S Sauvage, V Gros… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Monoterpenes and isoprene are important constituents of the volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) due to their high reactivity and participation in ozone and secondary aerosol …

Improved method to apportion optical absorption by black and brown carbon under the influence of haze and fog at Lumbini, Nepal, on the Indo-Gangetic Plains

S Izhar, T Gupta, AK Panday - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Estimates of the brown carbon (BrC) absorption and their contribution to light absorption in
ambient aerosols are poorly understood. The existing approaches to apportion light …

Seasonal Variation of OC, EC, and WSOC of PM10 and Their CWT Analysis Over the Eastern Himalaya

A Rai, S Mukherjee, A Chatterjee, N Choudhary… - Aerosol Science and …, 2020 - Springer
In the present study, seasonal transport trends and potential source regions of
carbonaceous species [organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), water-soluble organic …

Analysis of intense dust storms over the eastern Mediterranean in March 2018: Impact on radiative forcing and Athens air quality

DG Kaskaoutis, UC Dumka, A Rashki… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the multiple dust storms that hit the eastern Mediterranean and Greece
during March 2018, emphasizing on the atmospheric dynamics for their generation, the …

Black carbon aerosol quantification over north-west Himalayas: Seasonal heterogeneity, source apportionment and radiative forcing

Y Kant, DS Shaik, D Mitra, HC Chandola, SS Babu… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Continuous measurements of Black Carbon (BC) aerosol mass concentrations
were carried at Dehradun (30.33° N, 78.04° E, 700 m amsl), a semi-urban site in the foothills …

Wintertime chemical characteristics of aerosol and their role in light extinction during clear and polluted days in rural Indo Gangetic plain

S Izhar, T Gupta, AM Qadri, AK Panday - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reports the chemical and light extinction characteristics of fine aerosol (PM 2.5)
during the winter period (2017–18) at Lumbini, Nepal, a rural site on the Indo Gangetic …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of topography on black carbon transport to the southern Tibetan Plateau during the pre-monsoon season and its climatic implication

M Zhang, C Zhao, Z Cong, Q Du, M Xu… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Most previous modeling studies about black carbon (BC) transport and its impact over the
Tibetan Plateau (TP) conducted simulations with horizontal resolutions coarser than 20 km …