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Study of chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols
Gazdošová, Lucie ; Čáslavský, Josef (referee) ; RNDr. P. Mikuška, CSc. (advisor)
Atmospheric aerosols play an important role in various atmospheric issues (effect to the radiation budget of the atmosphere, visibility reduction, smog production, destruction of stratospheric ozone, …). Epidemiological studies proved a correlation between increased mortality and high concentration of ambient particulate matter. Over the past decade, a growing attention has been focused on the organic compounds that are constituents of aerosol particles. Although organic compounds comprise often up to 60% of the total aerosol mass, their composition, concentration and formation mechanisms are not well understood. Diploma thesis will deal with the study of chemical composition of organic compounds bound to atmospheric aerosols with focus on polyaromatic hydrocarbons and sugars. Atmospheric aerosols will be sampled on filters and filter extracts will be analysed for content of studied organic compounds by means of GC, GC-MS or LC, respectively. Development and optimalization of extraction methods (PSE, …) and detection of compounds of interest. Concentration of studied organic compounds in aerosol size fractions PM 10, PM 2.5 and PM 1 will be compared.
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Characterization of Submicron Aerosol in Prague by Combined ME-2 Factor Analysis of AMS Data
Makeš, Otakar ; Vodička, Petr ; Schwarz, Jaroslav ; Ždímal, Vladimír
Real-time measurement of submicron aerosol particles was performed at Prague – Suchdol site (Czech Republic) during six weeks long summer and winter campaigns in 2012-2013. Highly time and size resolved data were obtained from measurements carried out by a Compact Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (C-ToF-AMS, Aerodyne). The retrieved data were analyzed with using the So-Fi graphical user interface which is developed by Paul Scherrer Institute (Canonaco, 2013) and is running under IGOR software (WaveMetrics). The preliminary results are presented in this abstract.
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Comparison of Summer and Winter Highly Time-Resolved Submicron Aerosol Composition Measured at a Suburban Site in Prague
Kubelová, Lucie
We analyzed c-ToF-AMS data from a summer (20. 6.–31. 7. 2012) and winter (8. 1.–19. 2. 2013) measurement campaign at a suburban site Prague-Suchdol. The observed chemical composition with dominating organics in both seasons was in accordance with previous measurements at this site.The modal diameter of size distribution occurred at higher values during episodes of increased total concentration and decreased temperature. Furthermore, we compared the AMS data with organic carbon elemental carbon field analyzer (OC/EC) measurement. This comparison together with analysis of particular organic fragments revealed that winter aerosol was less oxidized and more influenced by biomass burning. Such characteristics point to an influence of local domestic heating in winter.
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Search for Links between Organic Aerosols Measured by Aerosol Mass Spectrometer and EC/OC Analyzer
Vodička, Petr ; Kubelová, Lucie ; Makeš, Otakar ; Schwarz, Jaroslav
Carbonaceous aerosols form a major part of particulate matter suspended in the atmosphere. The organic part of aerosol represents a diverse group of substances that can be analyzed in different ways. In this work, the possible linkages between organic fractions measured by Compact Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS; from Aerodyne) and a semi-online EC/OC analyzer (from Sunset Laboratories) were search. Each of these instruments provides a different kind of information. Organic fractions from EC/OC analyzer provide knowledges about a diferent volatility of organic carbon (OC) while AMS provide informations about a chemical composition of characteristic mass fragments. Thus, the main objective of this work was to determine whether the organic fractions from EC/OC analyzer can indirectly provide also information on the chemical composition or somehow more characterize type of aerosol.
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Comparison of Source Apportionment Results from Summer and Winter Measuring Campaign at a Prague-Suchdol Site
Makeš, Otakar ; Vodička, Petr ; Schwarz, Jaroslav
Organic aerosol (OA) is the most abundant but still poorly characterized component of airborne particulate matter. This situation is even more complicated in large cities where many anthropogenic sources of primary organic aerosol (POA) are situated. In recent years, aerosol mass spectrometry has been increasingly applied to obtain highly time-resolved chemical composition of ambient aerosol. This is considerably important for clarification of organic aerosol life cycles and sources. Two measuring campaigns, which lasted about six weeks in summer 2012 and in winter 2013, were performed at suburban site Prague – Suchdol. Aerosol data were measured by Aerodyne compact time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) which is able to characterize the size resolved chemical composition of non-refractory submicron (PM1) fraction.
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Mass Size Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosols and Water Soluble Ions atMlada Boleslav in Winter
Schwarz, Jaroslav ; Zíková, Naděžda ; Vodička, Petr ; Hovorka, J. ; Moravec, Pavel ; Ždímal, Vladimír
The importance of the knowledge of aerosol mass size distribution for understanding aerosol behavior is well known for at least few decades. The water soluble ions represent a driving factor controlling hygroscopicity of aerosol particles that determines how the ambient relative humidity influences aerosol particle size. Therefore, hygroscopicity is a substantial parameter in phenomena like particle deposition in the human respiratory tract, particle – cloud interactions, aerosol optical effects etc. For these reasons, the mass size distribution of atmospheric aerosols and water soluble ions was studied at a Czech medium-size-town Mladá Boleslav in winter.
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Characterization of Fine Particles by Aerosol Mass Spectrometer at the Prague Suburban Site During Summer and Winter Season
Vodička, Petr ; Makeš, Otakar ; Schwarz, Jaroslav
The increasing interest in the role of aerosols in the atmosphere leads to a growing need to their measurements in the environment. For this reasons, the detailed studies of aerosols were also included into the existing European project ACTRIS (www.actris.net). One of the ACTRIS part is the coordinated long-term measurement of aerosol chemistry both with Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitors (ACSM) (Ng et al., 2011) and by other types of Aerosol Mass Spectrometers (AMS) (Canagaratna et al., 2007). The measurement network includes many background stations (including urban background sites) all over Europe (http://www.psi.ch/acsm-stations/acsm-and-emep-stations). One of the participating stations was also an urban background site in Prague. This paper presents preliminary results characterizing the fine aerosol at this site during two intensive (summer and winter) measurement campaigns.
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