Source apportionment, identification and characterization, and emission inventory of ambient particulate matter in 22 Eastern Mediterranean Region countries: A …

S Faridi, F Yousefian, V Roostaei, RM Harrison… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Little is known about the main sources of ambient particulate matter (PM) in the 22 Eastern
Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries. We designed this study to systematically review all …

[HTML][HTML] The variability of mass concentrations and source apportionment analysis of equivalent black carbon across urban Europe

M Savadkoohi, M Pandolfi, C Reche, JV Niemi… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study analyzed the variability of equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations
and their sources in urban Europe to provide insights into the use of eBC as an advanced air …

Black carbon over an urban atmosphere in northern peninsular Southeast Asia: Characteristics, source apportionment, and associated health risks

SK Pani, SH Wang, NH Lin, S Chantara, CT Lee… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) has been demonstrated to pose significant negative impacts on climate
and human health. Equivalent BC (EBC) measurements were conducted using a 7 …

Variation in concentration and sources of black carbon in a megacity of China during the COVID‐19 pandemic

L Xu, J Zhang, X Sun, S Xu, M Shan… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon (BC) not only warms the atmosphere but also affects human health. The
nationwide lockdown due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic led to a …

Molecular characterization of atmospheric organic aerosol by mass spectrometry

MV Johnston, DE Kerecman - Annual Review of Analytical …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Atmospheric aerosol, particulate matter suspended in the air we breathe, exerts a strong
impact on our health and the environment. Controlling the amount of particulate matter in air …

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 …

Assessment of biomass burning and fossil fuel contribution to black carbon concentrations in Delhi during winter

UC Dumka, DG Kaskaoutis, S Tiwari, PD Safai… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aims to assess the contribution of fossil-fuel combustion (BC ff) and biomass (or
wood) burning (BC wb) to wintertime black carbon (BC) concentrations in Delhi using the …

Apportionment of black and brown carbon spectral absorption sources in the urban environment of Athens, Greece, during winter

DG Kaskaoutis, G Grivas, I Stavroulas… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the spectral properties and source characteristics of absorbing
aerosols (BC: Black Carbon; BrC: Brown Carbon, based on aethalometer measurements) in …

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 …

Source apportionment of black carbon (BC) from fossil fuel and biomass burning in metropolitan Milan, Italy

A Mousavi, MH Sowlat, C Lovett, M Rauber… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the temporal variations of sources of black carbon (BC) concentrations were
evaluated in the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy, during three distinct seasons over 2017 …