Particulate sulfate levels at a rural site in Israel |
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Authors: | Menachem Luria Batia Lifschitz Mordechai Peleg |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Applied Science and Technology, The Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel |
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Abstract: | Ambient particulate sulfate measurements have been intermittently performed at a rural site in Israel over a period of more than two years. Concurrent measurements of ambient pollutants (SO2, NO–NOx, and O3), as well as meteorological data, were also carried out. The daily data included four particulate sulfate samples representing four successive 6 h accumulating periods. The measured concentrations of sulfate ions ranged from a low 2 g m-3 observed during the winter season to a high of >50 g m-3 obtained during the summer. Little correlation was obtained between the sulfate concentration and either O3 or SO2, although sulfate and O3 showed a similar diurnal and annual trend. Based on the data distribution and on a photochemical model, it was concluded that a large part of the particulate sulfate observed at the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea must be related to long-range transport from distant sources. |
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Keywords: | Particulate sulfate ozone sulfur dioxide long-range transport |
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