CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, CONCENTRATION AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SUBMICRON AEROSOL PARTICLES AT URBAN AND BACKGROUND SITES
Ernesta Meinorė, Jonas Šakalys, and Kęstutis Kvietkus
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
E-mail: ernesta.pesliakaite@gmail.com

Received 11 August 2014; revised 11 October 2014; accepted 10 December 2014

Ernesta Meinorė, Jonas Šakalys, Kęstutis Kvietkus
Valstybės mokslinių tyrimų institutas Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų centras, Vilnius, Lietuva

Vilniaus mieste, Rūgšteliškio ir Preilos foninėse matavimų stotyse 2011 metų kovo–rugpjūčio mėnesiais, naudojant kvadrupolinį aerozolių masės spektrometrą (Q-AMS), buvo atliekami pusiau lakių (amonio, sulfato, chloro, nitrato, organinių junginių) submikroninės frakcijos atmosferos aerozolio dalelių (PM1) koncentracijos, pasiskirstymo pagal chemines komponentes bei jų kilmės šaltinių identifikavimo tyrimai. Analizė ir vertinimas remiasi cheminių komponenčių koncentracijos matavimo rezultatais, tolimųjų pernašų duomenimis, vietinių taršos šaltinių įtaka, naudojant PMF metodą šaltinių identifikavimui. Pasiūlytas nitratų ir sulfatų kiekybinio indėlio į aerozolio dalelių amonio junginius metodas parodė, jog esant tam tikroms sąlygoms gali dominuoti amonio nitrato, o ne amonio sulfato aerozolio dalelių susidarymas. Didžiausia vidutinė PM1 koncentracija (7,69 µg m^-3 ± 6,83 µg m^-3) nustatyta Vilniaus mieste, tuo tarpu Preiloje koncentracija buvo perpus mažesnė (3,44 µg m^-3 ± 2,65 µg m^-3). Nustatyta, jog organinių junginių dalis sudarė didžiąją dalį visos pusiau lakių PM1 koncentracijos atitinkamai 68,8 %, 77,1 % ir 77,0 % Preilos, Rūgšteliškio ir Vilniaus matavimo stotyse. Pažymėtina, kad Preiloje submikroninės frakcijos aerozolio dalelių nitratų komponentės koncentracija (1,84 %) buvo 4 kartus mažesnė nei Vilniaus mieste (7,68 %), kur didžiausias nitratų šaltinis yra emisija iš transporto priemonių. Pagal PMF analizės metodą buvo identifikuoti BBOA, HOA, SV-OOA šaltiniai Vilniaus mieste ir BBOA, LV-OOA, SV-OOA miškingoje Rūgšteliškio stotyje bei LV-OOA, SV-OOA Preilos matavimų stotyje. Šiame darbe pateikiama PM1 analizė miesto ir foninėse vietovėse bei metodas amonio nitrato ir amonio sulfato kiekybinio indėlio į amonio aerozolio daleles metodas.

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