Characterization of sources and processes of organic aerosols sampled at Revin (France), during the EMEP 2012 campaign

A. Setyan (1, 2) , V. Crenn (1, 2) , V. Riffault (1, 2) , Jl. Jaffrezo (3) , A. Waked (3) , S. Sauvage (1, 2) , Jean-Luc Besombes (4) , J.-E. Petit (5) , O. Favez (6) , T. Leonardis (1, 2) , . Sciare J (5) , Nadine Locoge (1, 2)

1 CERI EE - IMT Nord Europe - Centre for Energy and Environment
2 IMT Lille Douai - Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai
3 LGGE - Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement
4 LCME - Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Environnement
5 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
6 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques

A field campaign has been performed in summer 2012 at Revin, a remote site in northeastern France, in order to study the sources and processes of organic aerosols and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The particle concentration was low, and non-refractory submicron particles (NR-PM1) were dominated by organics. Secondary organic aerosols accounted for 82% of the total organic mass, while primary emissions mainly from traffic accounted for 18%. Three periods of high mass loadings (June 28, night of June 28-29, and July 3-5) were observed during the study. Back-trajectory analysis showed that the site was mainly under the influence of long-range transport from the Paris megacity during these periods.

Domaines: Chimie; Sciences de l'environnement; Océan, Atmosphère

A. Setyan, V. Crenn, V. Riffault, Jl. Jaffrezo, A. Waked, et al.. Characterization of sources and processes of organic aerosols sampled at Revin (France), during the EMEP 2012 campaign. 9th International Conference on Air Quality-Science and Application, Mar 2014, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. ⟨hal-01767400⟩