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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages 2499-2512Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-2499-2004
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A Saharan dust event was observed in a rural area in the Maurienne Valley ( French Alps) in summer 2000. Detailed data on PM10, particle numbers, and aerosol chemistry ( ionic species and Elemental Carbon (EC) and Organic Carbon (OC)) are presented. The comparative evolutions of particle numbers and chemistry ( calcium, sodium, and sulfate) show that the overall period included two episodes of dust particles with very distinct chemistry, followed by an episode with a large increase of the concentrations of species with an anthropogenic origin. The overall data set does not indicate large interactions between the dust particles and compounds from anthropogenic origin ( sulfate, nitrate) or with organic carbon, all of these species showing very low concentrations. Simplistic calculations indicate that these concentrations are consistent with our current knowledge of adsorption processes of gases on mineral dust in a clean air mass.
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