Secondary organic aerosol over an urban environment in a semi–arid region of western India

Sudheer, Athiyarath K.
Rengarajan, Ramabadran
Sheel, Varun

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Publication date

January 2015

DOI

10.5094/APR.2015.002

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Turkish National Committee for Air Pollution Research and Control (TUNCAP). Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.

Abstract

AbstractCarbonaceous species in PM10 and PM2.5 samples, collected from an urban location at Ahmedabad in India during summer, were analyzed to study variability in water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) and secondary organic carbon (SOC) along with atmospheric water vapor content. A significant correlation between WSOC and SOC was found indicating major contribution of soluble organic compounds by secondary organic aerosol formation. A strong inverse dependence of WSOC and SOC on atmospheric water vapor content is observed in both PM10 and PM2.5 (at <45% relative humidity, RH) during daytime; whereas data collected during monsoon season at higher RH conditions do not exhibit such relation. Aerosol liquid water content (LWC) calculated from the...

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Secondary organic aerosol over an urban environment in a semi–arid region of western India

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