Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6962848 | Environmental Modelling & Software | 2015 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Eight datasets of 1-h black carbon (BC) concentrations measured in Warsaw agglomeration (Poland), at urban background and sub-urban sites, and in Racibórz, a small town in Upper Silesia district (regional background site) were analyzed to evaluate BC levels, daily profiles and statistical distributions of concentrations in Central-Eastern European region. The observed mean levels ranged from 1483 ng mâ3 in suburban site during summer to 3358 ng mâ3 in regional background site in winter. Observed diurnal patterns were bimodal in the locations dominated by traffic emissions, but unimodal, with elevated evening peak in individually heated residential area. Three theoretical frequency distributions were applied to fit analyzed datasets separately. The lognormal distribution was the most appropriate to represent the middle-range values, while the high concentrations were satisfactorily predicted by the type I two-parameter exponential distribution which was used to estimate the return periods of extreme concentrations for winter months.
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Authors
Katarzyna Maciejewska, Katarzyna Juda-Rezler, Magdalena Reizer, Krzysztof Klejnowski,