Characterization of PM2.5 sources in a Belgrade suburban area: a multi-scale receptor-oriented approach
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Designated as the most harmful for health, PM2.5 aerosol fraction was a subject of our study. It was collected for all four seasons during 2014/15 in the suburban area of Belgrade (Serbia) and analysed for Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br, As, Ba and Pb elements and for NH4+, NO3− and SO42− ions by particle-induced X-ray emission and ion chromatography techniques, respectively. Obtained concentrations have been treated by a combination of several receptor-oriented models to reveal source contributions to the suburban PM2.5 at different spatial scales. Applied positive matrix factorization analysis indicated five main groups of emission sources: biomass burning (14.5%), traffic (3.9%), regional combustion/secondary sulphates (28.8%), local combustion/secondary nitrates (29.7%) and soil (5.4%). Local heating units had been pointed out as dominant contributors by long-range transport and ground-wind circulation analyses. Air masses circulating over the Balkan Pen...insula denoted regional emissions as responsible for the high concentrations of secondary sulphates. Local and long-range transport analyses combined suggested that the BB and the LC/NO3 originated from the wider urban area. Several Saharan dust episodes were detected as well. Presented results might be a basis for the development of air pollution mitigation strategies in the continental Balkan area, considered one of the most polluted and under-investigated European regions.
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PM2.5 / Positive matrix factorization / Long-range atmospheric transport / Source apportionment / Conditional bivariate probability functionSource:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, 27, 33, 41717-41730Funding / projects:
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)
- Advanced technologies for monitoring and environmental protection from chemical pollutants and radiation burden (RS-43009)
- Application of advanced oxidation processes and nanostructured oxide materials for the removal of pollutants from the environment, development and optimisation of instrumental techniques for efficiency monitoring (RS-172030)
- IAEA Technical Cooperation project [RER1/013]
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10129-z
ISSN: 0944-1344
PubMed: 32691324
WoS: 000550640500003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85088241346
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Todorović, Marija N. AU - Radenković, Mirjana AU - Onjia, Antonije E. AU - Ignjatović, Ljubiša M. PY - 2020 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/9105 AB - Designated as the most harmful for health, PM2.5 aerosol fraction was a subject of our study. It was collected for all four seasons during 2014/15 in the suburban area of Belgrade (Serbia) and analysed for Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br, As, Ba and Pb elements and for NH4+, NO3− and SO42− ions by particle-induced X-ray emission and ion chromatography techniques, respectively. Obtained concentrations have been treated by a combination of several receptor-oriented models to reveal source contributions to the suburban PM2.5 at different spatial scales. Applied positive matrix factorization analysis indicated five main groups of emission sources: biomass burning (14.5%), traffic (3.9%), regional combustion/secondary sulphates (28.8%), local combustion/secondary nitrates (29.7%) and soil (5.4%). Local heating units had been pointed out as dominant contributors by long-range transport and ground-wind circulation analyses. Air masses circulating over the Balkan Peninsula denoted regional emissions as responsible for the high concentrations of secondary sulphates. Local and long-range transport analyses combined suggested that the BB and the LC/NO3 originated from the wider urban area. Several Saharan dust episodes were detected as well. Presented results might be a basis for the development of air pollution mitigation strategies in the continental Balkan area, considered one of the most polluted and under-investigated European regions. T2 - Environmental Science and Pollution Research T1 - Characterization of PM2.5 sources in a Belgrade suburban area: a multi-scale receptor-oriented approach VL - 27 IS - 33 SP - 41717 EP - 41730 DO - 10.1007/s11356-020-10129-z ER -
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Todorović, M. N., Radenković, M., Onjia, A. E.,& Ignjatović, L. M.. (2020). Characterization of PM2.5 sources in a Belgrade suburban area: a multi-scale receptor-oriented approach. in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(33), 41717-41730. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10129-z
Todorović MN, Radenković M, Onjia AE, Ignjatović LM. Characterization of PM2.5 sources in a Belgrade suburban area: a multi-scale receptor-oriented approach. in Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020;27(33):41717-41730. doi:10.1007/s11356-020-10129-z .
Todorović, Marija N., Radenković, Mirjana, Onjia, Antonije E., Ignjatović, Ljubiša M., "Characterization of PM2.5 sources in a Belgrade suburban area: a multi-scale receptor-oriented approach" in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, no. 33 (2020):41717-41730, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10129-z . .