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Title: | One-year study of airborne sugar compounds: cross-interpretation with other chemical species and meteorological conditions |
Author: | Oduber, F. Calvo, A.I. Castro, A. Alves, C. Blanco-Alegre, C. Fernández-González, D. Barata, J. Calzolai, G. Nava, S. Lucarelli, F. Nunes, T. Rodríguez, A. Vega-Maray, A.M. Valencia-Barrera, R.M. Fraile, R. |
Keywords: | Bioaerosols Meteorological conditions Tracers Sugar compounds |
Issue Date: | 1-Apr-2021 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | The daily evolution of seventeen sugar compounds (seven saccharides, seven alcohol-saccharides and three anhydrosaccharides) in atmospheric aerosol samples collected between 9 March 2016 and 14 March 2017 was studied in León (Spain). The main links between the concentration of sugar compounds and various chemical species, pollen, fungal spores and meteorological conditions were investigated. The results showed that, in spring, when high levels of metabolic activity of the plants occur and temperatures increase, glucose, sucrose, 2-methyl-erithritol, mannitol, arabitol and inositol, are significantly correlated with airborne pollen concentrations. Between spring and autumn, Alternaria air concentrations are significantly correlated with temperatures, arabitol and sorbitol + adonitol concentrations. Furthermore, during rainy days, Alternaria is also correlated with mannitol. In autumn, lower temperatures cause an increase in the concentrations of levoglucosan, mannosan and galactosan, probably due to the increased use of domestic heating devices. These anhydrosugars and arabinose, fructose and glucose, are significantly correlated with K, NO3−, EC, OC, Cu, Zn, Se, Pb, V and Ni, while mannosan also correlates with As, showing that these anhydrosaccharides can be emitted from different anthropogenic sources. Precipitation causes an increase in glucose and sucrose concentrations, due to the break of pollen particles that produce hundreds of fine size particles. Besides, precipitation causes an increase in arabitol concentrations, due to the release and growth of fungi. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/37446 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105417 |
ISSN: | 0169-8095 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DAO - Artigos |
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