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ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
卷 223, 期 -, 页码 88-97出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.03.011
关键词
Fine particulate matters; Isotopic signatures; Asian continental outflows
资金
- Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration [EPA-104-FA11-03-A261]
- Ministry of Science and Technology [105-2111-M-001-005-MY3]
- Science Vanguard Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) [106-2628-M-002-013]
- National Taiwan University [105R7625]
- Higher Education Sprout Project of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan ROC [107 L901001]
This study investigated isotopic signatures of carbon (C), lead (Pb) and strontium (Sr) in PM2.5 samples collected from two paired sites (urban vs. rural/background) in northern Taiwan during the summer of 2015 and the spring of 2016, respectively. Significant seasonality was revealed in the isotopic signatures of C and Pb, whereas no seasonal difference was observed in Sr-87/Sr-86 ratio. The values of delta C-13, (206)pb/(207)pb, and (208)pb/(207)pb were more diverse and exhibited local features in summer. However, during the episodes of continental pollution outbreaks in springtime, the delta C-13 and Pb isotope ratios of PM2.5 shifted and converged consistently toward the documented characteristics of particulate matters in northern China. Moreover, the results showed that the differences in the Pb and Sr isotopic characteristics between the paired urban and rural sites were statistically insignificant, whereas marginally lower delta C-13 values were observed at the urban site. It was inferred accordingly that a substantial amount of gaseous hydrocarbons emitted in local urban areas could have been converted to secondary organic aerosols with lower delta C-13. On the contrary, the consistency in the spatial and temporal variations of mass concentration and isotope ratios of Pb at the two sites suggested that East-Asian continental pollution outbreak was the major source of Pb-containing particles in the northern Taiwan during springtime. It is noteworthy that there was neither seasonal nor spatial differences in the Sr-87/Sr-86 ratio observed in this study, which suggested that the Sr-containing particles collected in this study could be originating from a common mixture of sources, including not only natural dust but also the anthropogenic emissions, coal-combustion for instance. This investigation upon the C-Pb-Sr isotopic features evidenced the substantial impacts of the continental pollution outbreaks on the aerosol composition and air quality in the downwind areas of the East-Asian winter monsoons.
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