Water-soluble organic carbon, dicarboxylic acids, ketoacids, andα-dicarbonyls in the tropical Indian aerosols

2010 ◽  
Vol 115 (D11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Mouli Pavuluri ◽  
Kimitaka Kawamura ◽  
T. Swaminathan
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Dicarboxylic Acids ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Water Soluble Organic Carbon ◽  
Soluble Organic Carbon

scholarly journals Seasonal variations of water-soluble organic carbon, dicarboxylic acids, ketoacids, and α-dicarbonyls in the central Himalayan aerosols

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 935-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hegde ◽  
K. Kawamura
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Dicarboxylic Acids ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Gangetic Plain ◽  
Water Soluble Organic Carbon ◽  
Soluble Organic Carbon ◽  
Related Compounds ◽  
Himalayan Aerosols

Abstract. Aerosol samples were collected from a high elevation mountain site (Nainital, India; 1958 m a.s.l.) in the central Himalayas, which provide an isolated platform above the planetary boundary layer to better understand the composition of the remote continental troposphere. The samples were analyzed for water-soluble dicarboxylic acids (C2–C12) and related compounds (ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls), as well as organic carbon, elemental carbon and water soluble organic carbon. The contributions of total dicarboxylic acids to total aerosol carbon during wintertime were 1.7 and 1.8%, for day and night, respectively whereas they significantly reduced during summer. Molecular distributions of diacids demonstrated that oxalic (C2) acid was the most abundant species followed by C4 and C3 diacids. The average concentrations of total diacids (433 ± 108 ng m−3), ketoacids (48 ± 23 ng m−3), and α-dicarbonyls (9 ± 4 ng m−3) were similar to those from Asian cities such as Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong. During summer season most of the organic species were several times more abundant than in winter. Phthalic acid, which originates from oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as naphthalene, was found to be 7 times higher in summer than winter. This feature has not been reported in atmospheric aerosols. Based on molecular distributions and air mass backward trajectories, we report that dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in Himalayan aerosols are influenced by the anthropogenic activities from highly populated Indo-Gangetic plain areas.

scholarly journals Seasonal variations of water-soluble organic carbon, dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids, and α-dicarbonyls in Central Himalayan aerosols

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 6645-6665 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hegde ◽  
K. Kawamura
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Dicarboxylic Acids ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Gangetic Plain ◽  
Water Soluble Organic Carbon ◽  
Soluble Organic Carbon ◽  
Related Compounds ◽  
Himalayan Aerosols

Abstract. Aerosol samples were collected from a high elevation mountain site (Nainital, India; 1958 m a.s.l.) in the central Himalayas, a location that provides an isolated platform above the planetary boundary layer to better understand the composition of the remote continental troposphere. The samples were analyzed for water-soluble dicarboxylic acids (C2-C12) and related compounds (ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls), as well as organic carbon, elemental carbon and water soluble organic carbon. The contributions of total dicarboxylic acids to total aerosol carbon during wintertime were 1.7% and 1.8%, for day and night, respectively whereas they were significantly smaller during summer. Molecular distributions of diacids revealed that oxalic (C2) acid was the most abundant species followed by succinic (C4) and malonic (C3) acids. The average concentrations of total diacids (433±108 ng m−3), ketoacids (48±23 ng m−3), and α-dicarbonyls (9±4 ng m−3) were similar to those from large Asian cities such as Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong. During summer most of the organic species were several times more abundant than in winter. Phthalic acid, which originates from oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as naphthalene, was found to be 7 times higher in summer than winter. This feature has not been reported before in atmospheric aerosols. Based on molecular distributions and air mass backward trajectories, we conclude that dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in Himalayan aerosols are derived from anthropogenic activities in the highly populated Indo-Gangetic plain areas.

scholarly journals Water-soluble organic carbon aerosols during a full New Delhi winter: Isotope-based source apportionment and optical properties

2014 ◽  
Vol 119 (6) ◽  
pp. 3476-3485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena N. Kirillova ◽  
August Andersson ◽  
Suresh Tiwari ◽  
Atul Kumar Srivastava ◽  
Deewan Singh Bisht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Source Apportionment ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Water Soluble Organic Carbon ◽  
Soluble Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Aerosols
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