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Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon in Atlanta Area

Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon in Atlanta Area. Chao Wu. Overview. Introduction Method Results Conclusion. Introduction. Particulate Matter (human health, climate) Carbonaceous particles are the most important constituents of the fine fraction of PM. (PM 2.5)

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Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon in Atlanta Area

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  1. Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon in Atlanta Area Chao Wu

  2. Overview • Introduction • Method • Results • Conclusion

  3. Introduction • Particulate Matter (human health, climate) • Carbonaceous particles are the most important constituents of the fine fraction of PM. (PM 2.5) • Carbonaceous particles • organic carbon (OC) (Primary OC, Secondary OC) • elemental carbon (EC)

  4. Method • Sites 4. YRK: Rural site Atlanta 2. GIT: 400m from road site Rooftop of EST building 3. JST: ATL central site 2300m from road site Georgia Tech 1.RS: aside of I-75/85

  5. Instrument • Sampling: Particle Composition Monitor (PCM) • Analysis: Lab OC-EC Aerosol Analyzer (Sunset Inc) thermal-optical method

  6. Determine OCsec (SOA) • Gaussian Plume for Continuous Line Source σy: Pasquill-Gifford coefficients, Atmospheric Chem&Phys

  7. Results YRK vs JST Jun 5 -Jul 18

  8. GIT vs JST Jul 23 -Aug 30 RS vs JST Sep 5 - 27

  9. Use GIT observation data to calculate the JST’s concentration. C(x,y) ~(1/σy)*exp(-y^2/2/σy^2)

  10. GIT, JST & JST Gauss

  11. Conclusion • OC is much higher in rural area (YRK) than in urban area (JST), SOA contributes most to this difference. • Highway emission contributes a lot to EC, but not much to OC. • When using Gaussian Plume to calculate the spatial distribution, it is found that local source can’t be neglected at JST.

  12. Thanks!

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