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Application of Natural Carbon Isotopes for Emission Source Apportionment of Carbonaceous Particulate Matter in Urban Atmosphere: A Case Study from Krakow, Southern Poland

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 17 Jul 2020 Poland Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Sustainability, volume 12, page 5,777 (eissn: 2071-1050,

Authors: Miroslaw Zimnoch; Lucyna Samek; Leszek Furman; Katarzyna Styszko; Alicja Skiba; Zbigniew Gorczyca; Michal Galkowski; +2 Authors

doi: 10.3390/su12145777

Application of Natural Carbon Isotopes for Emission Source Apportionment of Carbonaceous Particulate Matter in Urban Atmosphere: A Case Study from Krakow, Southern Poland

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Abstract

Successful mitigation of air pollution in large cities requires information about the structure of emission sources and their contribution to total atmospheric load. The presented research demonstrates a possibility of application of isotope tracers for the estimation of contribution of different sources to the carbonaceous fraction of PM2.5 (Particulate Matter containing fraction below 2.5 μm) collected in the urban atmosphere of Krakow, Poland during the summer and winter seasons. Isotope mass balance approach was used to perform source apportionment analysis for those two seasons. The analysis showed that the dominant source of the carbonaceous fraction of PM2.5 in Krakow is coal burning during the winter season and biogenic emissions during the summer season. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the uncertainty of the percentage contribution of different sources to the overall carbon load of the analyzed PM2.5 fraction is in order of a few percent.

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Poland

Related Organizations

Jagiellonian University
Poland
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
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Max Planck Society
Germany
AGH University of Science and Technology
Poland
John Paul II Hospital
Poland

Keywords

particulate matter, Environmental effects of industries and plants, TJ807-830, TD194-195, air quality, natural carbon isotopes, Renewable energy sources, Environmental sciences, emission sources, GE1-350

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