Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer
An analysis of chemical composition data of particulate matter samples (TSP, PM10 and PM2.5) collected from 2002 to 2008 in the North Atlantic free troposphere at the Izaña Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands) shows that desert dust is very frequently mixed with part...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00046525 2023-05-15T17:32:05+02:00 Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer Rodríguez, S. Alastuey, A. Alonso-Pérez, S. Querol, X. Cuevas, E. Abreu-Afonso, J. Viana, M. Pérez, N. Pandolfi, M. de la Rosa, J. 2011-07 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-6663-2011 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00046525 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00046145/acp-11-6663-2011.pdf https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/11/6663/2011/acp-11-6663-2011.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics -- http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/volumes_and_issues.html -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2069847 -- 1680-7324 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-6663-2011 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00046525 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00046145/acp-11-6663-2011.pdf https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/11/6663/2011/acp-11-6663-2011.pdf uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2011 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-6663-2011 2022-02-08T22:39:00Z An analysis of chemical composition data of particulate matter samples (TSP, PM10 and PM2.5) collected from 2002 to 2008 in the North Atlantic free troposphere at the Izaña Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands) shows that desert dust is very frequently mixed with particulate pollutants in the Saharan Air Layer (SAL). The study of this data set with Median Concentrations At Receptor (MCAR) plots allowed the identification of the potential source regions of the dust and particulate pollutants. Areas located at the south of the southern slope of the Atlas mountains emerge as the most frequent source of the soil desert dust advected to the northern edge of the SAL in summer. Industrial emissions occurring in Northern Algeria, Eastern Algeria, Tunisia and the Atlantic coast of Morocco appear as the most important source of the nitrate, ammonium and a fraction of sulphate (at least 60 % of the sulphate <10 μm transported from some regions) observed in the SAL. These emissions are mostly linked to crude oil refineries, phosphate-based fertilizer industry and power plants. Although desert dust emissions appear as the most frequent source of the phosphorous observed in the SAL, high P concentrations are observed when the SAL is affected by emissions from open mines of phosphate and phosphate based fertilizer industry. The results also show that a significant fraction of the sulphate (up to 90 % of sulphate <10 μm transported from some regions) observed in the SAL may be influenced by soil emissions of evaporite minerals in well defined regions where dry saline lakes (chotts) are present. These interpretations of the MCAR plots are consistent with the results obtained with the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF2) receptor modelling. The results of this study show that North African industrial pollutants may be mixed with desert dust and exported to the North Atlantic in the Saharan Air Layer. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 13 6663 6685 |
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An analysis of chemical composition data of particulate matter samples (TSP, PM10 and PM2.5) collected from 2002 to 2008 in the North Atlantic free troposphere at the Izaña Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands) shows that desert dust is very frequently mixed with particulate pollutants in the Saharan Air Layer (SAL). The study of this data set with Median Concentrations At Receptor (MCAR) plots allowed the identification of the potential source regions of the dust and particulate pollutants. Areas located at the south of the southern slope of the Atlas mountains emerge as the most frequent source of the soil desert dust advected to the northern edge of the SAL in summer. Industrial emissions occurring in Northern Algeria, Eastern Algeria, Tunisia and the Atlantic coast of Morocco appear as the most important source of the nitrate, ammonium and a fraction of sulphate (at least 60 % of the sulphate <10 μm transported from some regions) observed in the SAL. These emissions are mostly linked to crude oil refineries, phosphate-based fertilizer industry and power plants. Although desert dust emissions appear as the most frequent source of the phosphorous observed in the SAL, high P concentrations are observed when the SAL is affected by emissions from open mines of phosphate and phosphate based fertilizer industry. The results also show that a significant fraction of the sulphate (up to 90 % of sulphate <10 μm transported from some regions) observed in the SAL may be influenced by soil emissions of evaporite minerals in well defined regions where dry saline lakes (chotts) are present. These interpretations of the MCAR plots are consistent with the results obtained with the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF2) receptor modelling. The results of this study show that North African industrial pollutants may be mixed with desert dust and exported to the North Atlantic in the Saharan Air Layer. |
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Rodríguez, S. Alastuey, A. Alonso-Pérez, S. Querol, X. Cuevas, E. Abreu-Afonso, J. Viana, M. Pérez, N. Pandolfi, M. de la Rosa, J. |
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Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer |
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Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer |
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Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer |
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Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer |
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Transport of desert dust mixed with North African industrial pollutants in the subtropical Saharan Air Layer |
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