Five primary sources of organic aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Belgrade (Serbia)

2016
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Zangrando, RobertaBarbaro, Elena
Kirchgeorg, Torben
Vecchiato, Marco
Scalabrin, Elisa
Radaelli, Marta
Đorđević, Dragana

Barbante, Carlo
Gambaro, Andrea
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Biomass burning and primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs) represent important primary sources of organic compounds in the atmosphere. These particles and compounds are able to affect climate and human health. In the present work, using HPLC-orbitrapMS, we determined the atmospheric concentrations of molecular markers such as anhydrosugars and phenolic compounds that are specific for biomass burning, as well as the concentrations of sugars, alcohol sugars and D- and L-amino acids (D-AAs and L-AAs) for studying PBAPs in Belgrade (Serbia) aerosols collected in September-December 2008. In these samples, high levels of all these biomarkers were observed in October. Relative percentages of vanillic (V), syringic compounds (S) and p-coumaric acid (PA), as well as levoglucosan/mannosan (L/M) ratios, helped us discriminate between open fire events and wood combustion for domestic heating during the winter. L-AAs and D-AAs (1% of the total) were observed in Belgrade aerosols mainly in Sep...tember-October. During open fire events, mean D-AA/L-AA (D/L) ratio values of aspartic acid, threonine, phenylalanine, alanine were significantly higher than mean D/L values of samples unaffected by open fire. High levels of AAs were observed for open biomass burning events. Thanks to four different statistical approaches, we demonstrated that Belgrade aerosols are affected by five sources: a natural source, a source related to fungi spores and degraded material and three other sources linked to biomass burning: biomass combustion in open fields, the combustion of grass and agricultural waste and the combustion of biomass in stoves and industrial plants. The approach employed in this work, involving the determination of specific organic tracers and statistical analysis, proved useful to discriminate among different types of biomass burning events.
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PMF / Aerosol primary sources / Biomass burning / PBAPs / Urban aerosolsSource:
Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 571, 1441-1453Publisher:
- Elsevier
Funding / projects:
- SIMCA project (INTERREG/CARDS-PHARE Adriatic New Neighborhood Program) - 06SER02/01/04
- National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
- ERC - 267696
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.188
ISSN: 0048-9697
PubMed: 27450960
WoS: 000383930400143
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84989913861
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IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Zangrando, Roberta AU - Barbaro, Elena AU - Kirchgeorg, Torben AU - Vecchiato, Marco AU - Scalabrin, Elisa AU - Radaelli, Marta AU - Đorđević, Dragana AU - Barbante, Carlo AU - Gambaro, Andrea PY - 2016 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1921 AB - Biomass burning and primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs) represent important primary sources of organic compounds in the atmosphere. These particles and compounds are able to affect climate and human health. In the present work, using HPLC-orbitrapMS, we determined the atmospheric concentrations of molecular markers such as anhydrosugars and phenolic compounds that are specific for biomass burning, as well as the concentrations of sugars, alcohol sugars and D- and L-amino acids (D-AAs and L-AAs) for studying PBAPs in Belgrade (Serbia) aerosols collected in September-December 2008. In these samples, high levels of all these biomarkers were observed in October. Relative percentages of vanillic (V), syringic compounds (S) and p-coumaric acid (PA), as well as levoglucosan/mannosan (L/M) ratios, helped us discriminate between open fire events and wood combustion for domestic heating during the winter. L-AAs and D-AAs (1% of the total) were observed in Belgrade aerosols mainly in September-October. During open fire events, mean D-AA/L-AA (D/L) ratio values of aspartic acid, threonine, phenylalanine, alanine were significantly higher than mean D/L values of samples unaffected by open fire. High levels of AAs were observed for open biomass burning events. Thanks to four different statistical approaches, we demonstrated that Belgrade aerosols are affected by five sources: a natural source, a source related to fungi spores and degraded material and three other sources linked to biomass burning: biomass combustion in open fields, the combustion of grass and agricultural waste and the combustion of biomass in stoves and industrial plants. The approach employed in this work, involving the determination of specific organic tracers and statistical analysis, proved useful to discriminate among different types of biomass burning events. PB - Elsevier T2 - Science of the Total Environment T1 - Five primary sources of organic aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Belgrade (Serbia) VL - 571 SP - 1441 EP - 1453 DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.188 ER -
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Zangrando, R., Barbaro, E., Kirchgeorg, T., Vecchiato, M., Scalabrin, E., Radaelli, M., Đorđević, D., Barbante, C.,& Gambaro, A.. (2016). Five primary sources of organic aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Belgrade (Serbia). in Science of the Total Environment Elsevier., 571, 1441-1453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.188
Zangrando R, Barbaro E, Kirchgeorg T, Vecchiato M, Scalabrin E, Radaelli M, Đorđević D, Barbante C, Gambaro A. Five primary sources of organic aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Belgrade (Serbia). in Science of the Total Environment. 2016;571:1441-1453. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.188 .
Zangrando, Roberta, Barbaro, Elena, Kirchgeorg, Torben, Vecchiato, Marco, Scalabrin, Elisa, Radaelli, Marta, Đorđević, Dragana, Barbante, Carlo, Gambaro, Andrea, "Five primary sources of organic aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Belgrade (Serbia)" in Science of the Total Environment, 571 (2016):1441-1453, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.188 . .