Long-term measurements of submicrometer aerosol chemistry at the Southern Great Plains (SGP) using an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM)

Parworth, Caroline; Tilp, Alison; Fast, Jerome; Mei, Fan; Shippert, Tim; Sivaraman, Chitra; Watson, Thomas; Zhang, Qi

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.060

Title: Long-term measurements of submicrometer aerosol chemistry at the Southern Great Plains (SGP) using an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM)

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Atmospheric Environment (1994)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.060· OSTI ID:1201354

Parworth, Caroline ^[1]; Tilp, Alison ^[2]; Fast, Jerome ^[3]; Mei, Fan ^[3]; Shippert, Tim ^[3]; Sivaraman, Chitra ^[3]; Watson, Thomas ^[2]; Zhang, Qi ^[1]

Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

In this study the long-term trends of non-refractory submicrometer aerosol (NR-PM1) composition and mass concentration measured by an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program's Southern Great Plains (SGP) site are discussed. NR-PM1 data was recorded at ~30 min intervals over a period of 19 months between November 2010 and June 2012. Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) was performed on the measured organic mass spectral matrix using a rolling window technique to derive factors associated with distinct sources, evolution processes, and physiochemical properties. The rolling window approach also allows us to capture the dynamic variations of the chemical properties in the organic aerosol (OA) factors over time. Three OA factors were obtained including two oxygenated OA (OOA) factors, differing in degrees of oxidation, and a biomass burning OA (BBOA) factor. Back trajectory analyses were performed to investigate possible sources of major NR-PM1 species at the SGP site. Organics dominated NR-PM1 mass concentration for the majority of the study with the exception of winter, when ammonium nitrate increases due to transport of precursor species from surrounding urban and agricultural areas and also due to cooler temperatures. Sulfate mass concentrations have little seasonal variation with mixed regional and local sources. In the spring BBOA emissions increase and are mainly associated with local fires. Isoprene and carbon monoxide emission rates were obtained by the Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN) and the 2011 U.S. National Emissions Inventory to represent the spatial distribution of biogenic and anthropogenic sources, respectively. The combined spatial distribution of isoprene emissions and air mass trajectories suggest that biogenic emissions from the southeast contribute to SOA formation at the SGP site during the summer.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704; FG02-11ER65293; SC0007178

OSTI ID:: 1201354

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1250951

Report Number(s):: BNL-108026-2015-JA; R&D Project: 2016-BNL-EE630EECA-Budg; KP1701000

Journal Information:: Atmospheric Environment (1994), Vol. 106, Issue C; ISSN 1352-2310

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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