Apportioning black carbon to sources using highly time-resolved ambient measurements of organic molecular markers in Pittsburgh

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• 作者：Andrew T. Lambe ; Jennifer M. Logue ; Nathan M. Kreisberg ; Susanne V. Hering ; David R. Worton ; Allen H. Goldstein ; Neil M. Donahue ; Allen L. Robinson
• 关键词：Organic aerosols ; Black carbon ; Molecular markers ; Thermal desorption aerosol GC/MS (TAG) ; Source apportionment ; PMF ; CMB
• 刊名：Atmospheric Environment
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：August 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：43
• 期：25
• 页码：3941-3950
• 全文大小：1191 K

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We present highly time-resolved measurements of organic molecular markers in downtown Pittsburgh, which are used to investigate sources contributing to atmospheric aerosols in the area. Two-hour average concentrations of condensed-phase and semivolatile organic species were measured using a Thermal Desorption Aerosol GC/MS (TAG). Concentrations for mobile source markers like hopanes had regular diurnal and day-of-week patterns. Pairing high time-resolved measurements with meteorological data helped identify contributions from known point sources for markers correlated with wind direction. Black carbon (BC), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and organic molecular markers were apportioned to sources using the Chemical Mass Balance (CMB) and Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) receptor models. Diesel and gasoline mobile source factors were identified as the main sources of BC in the downtown Pittsburgh area, contributing 67 % and 20 % of the study-average BC. 13 % of the BC was associated with a source factor tentatively identified as an industrial or regional source. The high time resolution of the TAG has the potential to provide important new insight into source apportionment efforts using organic molecular marker measurements.