Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 195, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110802
Keywords
Biogenic secondary organic aerosols; Biogenic volatile organic compounds; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Size-distribution; Eastern central India
Funding
- UGC-SAP [F-540/7/DRS-II/2016 (SAP-I)]
- DST-FIST, New Delhi [DST-FIST] [SR/FST/CSI-259/2014(c)]
- Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, C.G., India [1413/Fin/2016]
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This study analyzed the characteristics of biogenic secondary organic aerosols in the air of an urban site in eastern central India, and found the sources and distribution of biogenic secondary organic aerosols such as isoprene.
Samples of ambient aerosols were collected at an urban site of eastern central India from monsoon to summer 2016-17 for the characterization of biogenic secondary organic aerosols (BSOA). The BSOA tracers derived from isoprene, alpha/beta-pinene and beta-caryophyllene in size-distributed aerosols were studied. Concentrations of total SOAI (Isoprene secondary organic aerosols) were found more abundant than alpha/beta-pinene in summer, while contradictory trends were found in the winter season, where SOAM (monoterpene derived SOA) and SOAS (sesquiterpenes derived SOA) were dominated. Size-distribution study revealed that most of the BSOA were formed in the aerosol phase and dominated in fine mode, except cis-pinonic acid. They were formed in the gaseous phase and partitioned onto the aerosol phase. The alkaline nature of mineral dust particles that triggered the adsorption of gaseous species onto pre-existing particles could be the reason for bimodal size distribution with major coarse mode peak and miner fine mode peak. Temporal variations suggest that the BSOA must be derived from terrestrial vegetation and biomass burning. The isoprene SOC (secondary organic carbon) contributed 0.91%, 1.38%, 0.88% and 1.04% to OC during winter, summer, post-monsoon and monsoon season, respectively. The isoprene SOC in fine mode was found to be higher than the coarse mode.
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