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HERO ID
2214388
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Number Size Distribution of Ambient Particles in a Typical Urban Site: The First Polish Assessment Based on Long-Term (9 Months) Measurements
Author(s)
Klejnowski, K; Krasa, A; Rogula-Kozlowska, W; Blaszczak, B
Year
2013
Is Peer Reviewed?
1
Journal
The Scientific World Journal
ISSN:
2356-6140
EISSN:
1537-744X
Volume
2013
Page Numbers
539568
Language
English
PMID
24288492
DOI
10.1155/2013/539568
Web of Science Id
WOS:000326975400001
Abstract
This work presents results from the long-term measurements of particle number carried out at an urban background station in Zabrze, Poland. Ambient particles with aerodynamic diameters of between 28 nm and 10 μ m were investigated by means of a DEKATI thirteen-stage electrical low pressure impactor (ELPI). The particle number-size distribution was bimodal, whilst its density function had the local maxima in the aerodynamic diameter intervals 0.056-0.095 μ m and 0.157-0.263 μ m. The average particle number in winter was nearly twice as high as in summer. The greatest number concentrations in winter were those of the particles with diameters of between 0.617 and 2.41 μ m, that is, the anthropogenic particles from fossil fuel combustion. Approximately 99% of the particles observed in Zabrze had aerodynamic diameters ≤ 1 μ m-they may have originated from the combustion of biomass, liquid, and gaseous fuels in domestic stoves or in car engines. The daily variation of particle number was similar for both seasons-the highest values were observed in the morning (traffic rush hour) and in the afternoon/late evening (traffic and house heating emissions). An additional maximum (0.028-0.056 μ m) observed in the early afternoon in summer was due to the intensive formation of new PM particles from gas precursors.
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