Presenting SAPUSS: solving aerosol problem by using synergistic strategies in Barcelona, Spain

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dc.contributor.authorDall'Osto, M.
dc.contributor.authorQuerol, X.
dc.contributor.authorAlastuey, A.
dc.contributor.authorMinguillon, M. C.
dc.contributor.authorAlier, M.
dc.contributor.authorAmato, F.
dc.contributor.authorBrines, M.
dc.contributor.authorCusack, M.
dc.contributor.authorGrimalt, J. O.
dc.contributor.authorKaranasiou, A.
dc.contributor.authorMoreno, T.
dc.contributor.authorPandolfi, M.
dc.contributor.authorPey, J.
dc.contributor.authorReche, C.
dc.contributor.authorRipoll, A.
dc.contributor.authorTauler, R.
dc.contributor.authorVan Drooge, B. L.
dc.contributor.authorViana, M.
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Roy M.
dc.contributor.authorGietl, J.
dc.contributor.authorBeddows, D.
dc.contributor.authorBloss, W.
dc.contributor.authorO'Dowd, Colin D.
dc.contributor.authorCeburnis, D.
dc.contributor.authorMartucci, G.
dc.contributor.authorNg, N. L.
dc.contributor.authorWorsnop, D.
dc.contributor.authorWenger, John C.
dc.contributor.authorMcGillicuddy, Eoin
dc.contributor.authorSodeau, John R.
dc.contributor.authorHealy, Robert M.
dc.contributor.authorLucarelli, F.
dc.contributor.authorNava, S.
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, J. L.
dc.contributor.authorGomez Moreno, F.
dc.contributor.authorArtinano, B.
dc.contributor.authorPrévôt, A. S. H.
dc.contributor.authorPfaffenberger, L.
dc.contributor.authorFrey, S.
dc.contributor.authorWilsenack, F.
dc.contributor.authorCasabona, D.
dc.contributor.authorJimenez-Guerrero, P.
dc.contributor.authorGross, D.
dc.contributor.authorCots, N.
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commission
dc.contributor.funderDirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental, Spaines
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spaines
dc.contributor.funderGeneralitat de Catalunyaes
dc.contributor.funderDepartament de Medi Ambient de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Spaines
dc.contributor.funderDiputació de Barcelona, Spaines
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-28T14:42:37Z
dc.date.available2016-07-28T14:42:37Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-09
dc.date.updated2014-06-06T14:19:52Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the summary of the key objectives, instrumentation and logistic details, goals, and initial scientific findings of the European Marie Curie Action SAPUSS project carried out in the western Mediterranean Basin (WMB) during September-October in autumn 2010. The key SAPUSS objective is to deduce aerosol source characteristics and to understand the atmospheric processes responsible for their generations and transformations - both horizontally and vertically in the Mediterranean urban environment. In order to achieve so, the unique approach of SAPUSS is the concurrent measurements of aerosols with multiple techniques occurring simultaneously in six monitoring sites around the city of Barcelona (NE Spain): a main road traffic site, two urban background sites, a regional background site and two urban tower sites (150 m and 545 m above sea level, 150 m and 80 m above ground, respectively). SAPUSS allows us to advance our knowledge sensibly of the atmospheric chemistry and physics of the urban Mediterranean environment. This is well achieved only because of both the three dimensional spatial scale and the high sampling time resolution used. During SAPUSS different meteorological regimes were encountered, including warm Saharan, cold Atlantic, wet European and stagnant regional ones. The different meteorology of such regimes is herein described. Additionally, we report the trends of the parameters regulated by air quality purposes (both gaseous and aerosol mass concentrations); and we also compare the six monitoring sites. High levels of traffic-related gaseous pollutants were measured at the urban ground level monitoring sites, whereas layers of tropospheric ozone were recorded at tower levels. Particularly, tower level night-time average ozone concentrations (80 +/- 25 mu g m(-3)) were up to double compared to ground level ones. The examination of the vertical profiles clearly shows the predominant influence of NOx on ozone concentrations, and a source of ozone aloft. Analysis of the particulate matter (PM) mass concentrations shows an enhancement of coarse particles (PM2.5-10) at the urban ground level (+64 %, average 11.7 mu g m(-3)) but of fine ones (PM1) at urban tower level (+28 %, average 14.4 mu g m(-3)). These results show complex dynamics of the size-resolved PM mass at both horizontal and vertical levels of the study area. Preliminary modelling findings reveal an underestimation of the fine accumulation aerosols. In summary, this paper lays the foundation of SAPUSS, an integrated study of relevance to many other similar urban Mediterranean coastal environment sites.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commission (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF Project Number 254773; Marie Curie Actions - Intra European Fellowships: SAPUSS - Solving Aerosol Problems Using Synergistic Strategies; JAE-Doc CSIC programme); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (Plan Nacional de I+D CGL2010-19464 (VAMOS) and CSD2007-00067 (GRACCIE))en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationDall'Osto, M., Querol, X., Alastuey, A., Minguillon, M. C., Alier, M., Amato, F., Brines, M., Cusack, M., Grimalt, J. O., Karanasiou, A., Moreno, T., Pandolfi, M., Pey, J., Reche, C., Ripoll, A., Tauler, R., Van Drooge, B. L., Viana, M., Harrison, R. M., Gietl, J., Beddows, D., Bloss, W., O'Dowd, C., Ceburnis, D., Martucci, G., Ng, N. L., Worsnop, D., Wenger, J., Mc Gillicuddy, E., Sodeau, J., Healy, R., Lucarelli, F., Nava, S., Jimenez, J. L., Gomez Moreno, F., Artinano, B., Prévôt, A. S. H., Pfaffenberger, L., Frey, S., Wilsenack, F., Casabona, D., Jiménez-Guerrero, P., Gross, D., and Cots, N. (2013) ‘Presenting SAPUSS: solving aerosol problem by using synergistic strategies in Barcelona, Spain’, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, pp. 8991-9019. doi:10.5194/acp-13-8991-2013en
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/acp-13-8991-2013
dc.identifier.endpage9019en
dc.identifier.issn1680-7316
dc.identifier.journaltitleAtmospheric Chemistry and Physicsen
dc.identifier.startpage8991en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2948
dc.identifier.volume13en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCopernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)en
dc.rights© 2013, the Authors. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectParticulate matter concentrationsen
dc.subjectAir qualityen
dc.subjectMediterranean Basinen
dc.subjectMass spectrometeren
dc.subjectHigh resolutionen
dc.subjectChemical characterizationen
dc.subjectAtmospheric chemistryen
dc.subjectElemental carbonen
dc.subjectCluster analysisen
dc.subjectModeling systemen
dc.titlePresenting SAPUSS: solving aerosol problem by using synergistic strategies in Barcelona, Spainen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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