A 5 year´s source apportionment study of black carbon from biomass burning and fossil fuel combustion at a rural background site

0521201 - ÚVGZ 2020 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Mbengue, Saliou - Šerfözö, Norbert - Schwarz, Jaroslav - Zíková, Naděžda - Holubová, Adéla - Holoubek, Ivan
A 5 year´s source apportionment study of black carbon from biomass burning and fossil fuel combustion at a rural background site.
Sborník XX. výroční konference České aerosolové společnosti, pp.. Praha: Česká aerosolová společnost, 2019, s. 27-29. ISBN 978-80-270-6416-8.
[Výroční konference České aerosolové společnosti /20./. Velké Bílovice (CZ), 30.10.2019-01.11.2019]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_013/0001315; GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2015037
Institutional support: RVO:86652079 ; RVO:67985858
Keywords : black carbon * biomass * fossil fuels
OECD category: Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7); Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7) (UCHP-M)

The impacts of Black Carbon (BC) on adverse public health and Earth’s climate system have been recognized and evidenced in recent decades. Most of the studies on BC were conducted in urban/traffic areas. There are relatively few studies using real-time measurements of BC at rural background areas, especially in Central Europe. This study is a 5-year characterization of BC from biomass burning (BCbb) and fossil fuel combustion (BCff) at the National Atmospheric Observatory Košetice (49°35ʹ N, 15°05ʹ E), in central Czech Republic. The measurements of BC in PM10 were performed at 4 m above the ground with a multiple wavelength aethalometer (AE31, Magee Scientific). Paralell measurement of trace gases (NO2, NOx and SO2), biomass burning tracers (levoglucosan and mannosan) and meteorological parameters (temperature, wind speed and direction) were also performed at the station.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0305837