characterization of urban particulate air pollution over
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Characterization of Urban Particulate Air Pollution over
Metropolitan Newark in New Jersey
on the US East Coast
Yuan Gao, Lily Xia, Dawn Roberts-Semple, Rafael Jusino-Astresino, Chris Thuman,
Lu Wang, Nathi Kijpatanasilp
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University
Newark, New Jersey USA
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Objectives:
• To characterize mass-size distributions of ambient aerosol
particles in the polluted urban environment
•To investigate the interactions of chemical species
•To explore the impact of air pollution on biogeochemistry
Methodology:
•Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposit Impactor (MOUDI)
•Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS)
•Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
•Ion chromatography (IC)
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Newark
Air Measurement Sites
Atlantic ocean
Long Islan
d
New York City
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0
10
20
30
40
0.01 0.1 1 10 100
Dp (µm)
dC
/dlo
g(d
Dp)
(µm
m-3
)3)
7/13-7/14
7/24-7/27
8/15-8/18
8/18-8/21
8/21-8/24
8/24-8/27
9/6-9/9
9/9-9/12
9/20-9/22
9/25-9/27
10/12-10/16
12/14-12/18
(Zhao and Gao, Atmospheric Environment, 2008)
Aerosol Mass Size Distributions: Unban Newark
2006
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(Xia and Gao, Marine Chemistry, 2010)
Mass Size Distributions at Coastal Site
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2009
Mass Size Distributions at High-Traffic Site
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Size Distributions: Selected Trace
Elements
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Vanadium
Nickle
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Size Distributions: Water-Soluble Inorganic and Organic Species
Sulfate and oxalate:
- Dominant peaks are in
submicron meter size ranges
for both,
- positively correlated,
- Consistent with Yu et al,
(2005).
- Both can come from
pollution emissions.
- Both may play important
roles in dust geochemistry;
dust is a source of Fe, a
limiting nutrient in open
ocea.
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Evidence of interactions of
soil particles with acific air
pollutants.
(Gao and Anderson,
JGR-Atmospheres, 2001)
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Hematite Dissolution in Oxalate Solutions
Dissolution Time (hours)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
0
2
4
6
8
10
In 25µM oxalate
In background eletrolyte
)b
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Dis
solv
ed iro
n a
mount
( µm
ol g-1
)
0
2
4
6
8
10Coated with 25mM oxalate
Non-coated )a
pH = 2.4 ± 0.1(Xu and Gao, Applied Geochemistry, 2008)
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H+
Inner sphere
coordinated oxygen
Oxygen
C
Molecular structure of inner-sphere surface complexation of Fe(III)-oxalate
Hem
ati
te
So
luti
on
HO – C = O
HO – C = O
Fe
Fe
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Implementation of the field/laboratory results from air
pollution studies into global models to gain better
understanding of biogeochemical cycles:
“Aeolian Iron Mobilization by Dust-Acids Interactions and
Its Implication for Soluble Iron Deposition to the Ocean: A
Test Involving Potential Anthropogenic Organic Acidic
Species”
(Luo and Gao, Environmental Chemistry, 2010)
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Conclusions:
1. Ambient particulate mass in this region is
dominated by submicron meter particles, likely
formed through heterogeneous reactions,
2. Particulate matter is highly enriched with
chemical elements of non-crustal source,
indicating the level of air pollution,
3. Acidic air pollutants may interact with dust and
then iron, affecting global biogeochemical cycles.
Thank You.Thank You.Thank You.Thank You.