Impact of transport of fine and ultrafine particles from open biomass burning on air quality during 2019 Bangkok haze episode
| Autor: | Racha Dejchanchaiwong, Kunchira Thongboon, Thunyapat Thongyen, Chaiyoth Sresawasd, Worradorn Phairuang, Panwadee Suwattiga, Surajit Tekasakul, Nobchonnee Nim, Perapong Tekasakul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Environmental Engineering
Haze 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Air Pollution Ultrafine particle Humans Environmental Chemistry Biomass Particle Size Air quality index 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Morning Aerosols Total organic carbon Air Pollutants General Medicine Particulates Thailand Carbon Aerosol chemistry Environmental chemistry Pyrene Environmental science Particulate Matter Seasons Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Sciences. 97:149-161 |
| ISSN: | 1001-0742 |
| Popis: | Transboundary and domestic aerosol transport during 2018–2019 affecting Bangkok air quality has been investigated. Physicochemical characteristics of size-segregated ambient particles down to nano-particles collected during 2017 non-haze and 2018–2019 haze periods were analyzed. The average PM2.5 concentrations at KU and KMUTNB sites in Bangkok, Thailand during the haze periods were about 4 times higher than in non-haze periods. The highest average organic carbon and elemental carbon concentrations were 4.6 ± 2.1 µg/m3 and 1.0 ± 0.4 µg/m3, respectively, in PM0.5–1.0 range at KU site. The values of OC/EC and char-EC/soot-EC ratios in accumulation mode particles suggested the significant influence of biomass burning, while the nuclei and coarse mode particles were from mixed sources. PAH concentrations during 2018–2019 haze period at KU and KMUTNB were 3.4 ± 0.9 ng/m3 and 1.8 ± 0.2 ng/m3, respectively. The PAH diagnostic ratio of PM2.5 also suggested the main contributions were from biomass combustion. This is supported by the 48-hrs backward trajectory simulation. The higher PM2.5 concentrations during 2018–2019 haze period are also associated with the meteorological conditions that induce thermal inversions and weak winds in the morning and evening. Average values of benzo(a)pyrene toxic equivalency quotient during haze period were about 3–6 times higher than during non-haze period. This should raise a concern of potential human health risk in Bangkok and vicinity exposing to fine and ultrafine particulate matters in addition to regular exposure to traffic emission. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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