Atmospheric black carbon in urban and traffic areas in Shanghai: Temporal variations, source characteristics, and population exposure. (15th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jia, Haohao; Pan, Jun; Huo, Juntao; Fu, Qingyan; Duan, Yusen; Lin, Yanfen; Hu, Xue; Cheng, Jinping
• Is Part Of: Environmental pollution. Volume 289(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-11-15
• Subjects: Source characteristics -- Population exposure levels -- Black carbon -- Traffic -- Shanghai; Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Environmental Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; Pollution -- Effets physiologiques -- Périodiques; Pollution; Pollution -- Environmental aspects; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 363.73
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117868
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-7491

Abstract

Abstract: Black carbon (BC) measurements were performed at Pudong (PD) urban supersite and Gonghexin (GH) roadside station from December 1, 2017 to August 10, 2020 to investigate the variations, source characteristics, and population exposure levels of BC in traffic and urban areas in Shanghai, China. The BC median concentration at GH was more than two-fold that at PD. Absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) values were 1.27 ± 0.17 and 1.31 ± 0.17 at PD and GH, respectively, suggesting the dominance of liquid fossil fuel combustion sources (i.e., traffic exhaust) at these stations. The higher BC and AAE values in winter at PD indicated the relatively increasing contribution of solid fuels (i.e., biomass burning) to BC concentration in urban Shanghai. The diurnal variation in BC showed similar twin-peak patterns at PD and GH, implying that traffic emission mainly contributed to ambient BC concentration in urban Shanghai. The estimated daily intakes (EDIs) of BC were generally higher in males than in females at both PD and GH. The highest BC EDIs at PD were found in age subgroups 1–<2 and 2–<3 years. In contrast, the BC EDIs at GH were observed in age subgroups 6–<9, 12–<15, and 15–<18 years, which were higher than those determined at PD, indicating that more attention must be paid to BC exposure of the population in these age subgroups. These results provide scientific insights into variations, source characteristics, and population exposure levels of BC in urban and traffic areas and could help in the development of BC control strategies in Shanghai. Graphical abstract: Image 1 Highlights: BC concentrations at Pudong (PD) and Gonghexin (GH) sites in Shanghai were measured. Median BC concentration at traffic GH was more than two-fold that at urban PD. Absorption Ångström exponent value at urban PD was similar to that at traffic GH. Traffic was considered as the main source for BC in urban Shanghai. Males were practically more exposed to BC via inhalation than females.