期刊
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
卷 99, 期 -, 页码 474-484出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.011
关键词
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Atmospheric pollution; Temporal trends; Human health; Europe; EMEP
资金
- European Union Seventh Framework Programme-Marie Curie COFUND (FP7) under UMU Incoming Mobility Programme ACTion (U-IMPACT) [267143]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
- Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) [CORWES CGL2010-22158-C02-02]
Changes in climate can affect the concentration patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by altering the dispersion (wind speed, mixing layer height, convective fronts), deposition by precipitation, dry deposition, photochemistry, natural emissions and background concentrations. This means the evolution trends of these pollutants have to be studied under a multi-scale perspective, allowing the establishment of transport patterns and distribution of PAHs. In this sense, this work tries to unveil the atmospheric behaviour of these pollutants using temporal data series collected in different stations from the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) air sampling network. These sites are thought to avoid the direct influence of emitting areas (background stations), allowing the study of long-range transport effects, intra- and trans-annual variability, relationships between concentrations patterns and meteorological variables and latitudinal gradients of PAH levels in Europe. Overall, a typical high concentration pattern was found for the colder months (and an opposite behaviour is found for summertime). Negative trends were detected over high latitudes, for instance, in Svalbard (Norway), whereas for the United Kingdom the pattern is the inverse. Also, negative latitudinal gradients were observed in 4 of the 15 PAHs studied. Finally, air quality parameters revealed concern over human health issues, given the recent increase of BaP levels in Europe. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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