Source apportionment of particulate matter in Europe: A review of methods and results

Autor(en)

Maria del Mar Viana, T. A. J. Kuhlbusch, Xavier Querol, Andres Alastuey, Roy M. Harrison, Phil K. Hopke, W. Winiwarter, Marko Vallius, Sönke Szidat, André S. H. Prevot, Christoph Hueglin, Henk Bloemen, Per Wahlin, Roberta Vecchi, Ana Isabel Miranda, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Willy Maenhaut, Regina Hitzenberger

Abstrakt

European publications dealing with source apportionment (SA) of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) between 1987 and 2007 were reviewed in the present work, with a focus on methods and results. The main goal of this meta-analysis was to provide a review of the most commonly used SA methods in Europe, their comparability and results, and to evaluate current trends and identify possible gaps of the methods and future research directions. Our analysis showed that studies throughout Europe agree on the identification of four main source types (PM10PM10 and PM2.5PM2.5): a vehicular source (traced by carbon/Fe/Ba/Zn/Cu), a crustal source (Al/Si/Ca/Fe), a sea-salt source (Na/Cl/Mg), and a mixed industrial/fuel-oil combustion (View the MathML sourceV/Ni/SO42-) and a secondary aerosol View the MathML source(SO42-/NO3-/NH4+) source (the latter two probably representing the same source type). Their contributions to bulk PM levels varied widely at different monitoring sites, and showed clear spatial patterns in the cases of the crustal and sea-salt sources. Other specific sources such as biomass combustion or shipping emissions were rarely identified, even though they may contribute significantly to PM levels in specific locations.

Organisation(en)

Aerosolphysik und Umweltphysik

Externe Organisation(en)

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik e. V. (IUTA), University of Birmingham, Universität Bern, Austrian Research Centers GmbH (ARC Seibersdorf), National Public Health Institute (KTL), Paul Scherrer Institute, Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, National Environmental Research Institute, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, University of Aveiro, Technische Universität Wien, Ghent University

Journal

Journal of Aerosol Science

Seiten

827-849

Anzahl der Seiten

23

ISSN

0021-8502

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2008.05.007

Publikationsdatum

2008

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

1030 Physik, Astronomie, 105904 Umweltforschung

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/28d35bed-644f-4807-a087-89422c94fcbe