1. Highly Time-Resolved Apportionment of Carbonaceous Aerosols from Wildfire Using the TC–BC Method: Camp Fire 2018 Case StudyMatic Ivančič, Martin Rigler, Balint Alfoldy, Gašper Lavrič, Irena Ježek Brecelj, Asta Gregorič, 2023, original scientific article Keywords: black carbon, brown carbon, carbonaceous aerosol, wildfire, air quality, CASS Published in RUNG: 06.06.2023; Views: 412; Downloads: 5
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3. Two-year-long high-time-resolution apportionment of primary and secondary carbonaceous aerosols in the Los Angeles Basin using an advanced total carbon–black carbon (TC-BC([lambda])) methodMatic Ivančič, Asta Gregorič, Gašper Lavrič Palancsai, Bálint Alföldy, Irena Ježek, Sina Hasheminassab, Payam Pakbin, Faraz Ahangar, Mohammad Sowlat, Steven Boddeker, Martin Rigler, 2022, original scientific article Keywords: carbonaceous aerosols, black carbon, brown carbon, Carbonaceous Aerosol Speciation System Published in RUNG: 04.08.2022; Views: 944; Downloads: 7
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4. The impact of temperature inversions on black carbon and particle mass concentrations in a mountainous areaKristina Glojek, Griša Močnik, Honey Dawn C. Alas, Andrea Cuesta-Mosquera, Luka Drinovec, Asta Gregorič, Matej Ogrin, Kay Weinhold, Irena Ježek, Martin Rigler, Maja Remškar, Miha Markelj, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: Residential wood combustion is a widespread practice in Europe with a serious impact on air quality, especially in mountainous areas. While there is a significant number of studies conducted in deep urbanized valleys and basins, little is known about the air pollution processes in rural shallow hollows, where around 30 % of the people in mountainous areas across Europe live. We aim to determine the influence of ground temperature inversions on wood combustion aerosol pollution in hilly, rural areas. The study uses Retje karst hollow (Loški Potok, Slovenia) as a representative site for mountainous and hilly rural areas in central and south-eastern Europe with residential wood combustion. Sampling with a mobile monitoring platform along the hollow was performed in December 2017 and January 2018. The backpack mobile monitoring platform was used for the determination of equivalent black carbon (eBC) and particulate matter (PM) mass concentrations along the hollow. To ensure high quality of mobile measurement data, intercomparisons of mobile instruments with reference instruments were performed at two air quality stations during every run. Our study showed that aerosol pollution events in the relief depression were associated with high local emission intensities originating almost entirely from residential wood burning and shallow temperature inversions (58 m on average). The eBC and PM mass concentrations showed stronger associations with the potential temperature gradient (R2=0.8) than with any other meteorological parameters taken into account (ambient temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and precipitation). The strong association between the potential temperature gradient and pollutant concentrations suggests that even a small number of emission sources (total 243 households in the studied hollow) in similar hilly and mountainous rural areas with frequent temperature inversions can significantly increase the levels of eBC and PM and deteriorate local air quality. During temperature inversions the measured mean eBC and PM2.5 mass concentrations in the whole hollow were as high as 4.5±2.6 and 48.0 ± 27.7 µg m−3, respectively, which is comparable to larger European urban centres. Keywords: air pollution, black carbon, sources, temperature inversion, mountainous area Published in RUNG: 03.05.2022; Views: 891; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
5. Detection of mineral dust concentration in Mediterranean and Central Europe by measuring optical absorption of dust particlesMatic Ivančič, Irena Ježek, Martin Rigler, Asta Gregorič, Balint Alfoldy, Luka Drinovec, JEAN SCIARE, MICHAEL PIKRIDAS, FLORIN UNGA, Andres Alastuey, Marco Pandolfi, Jesus Yus Diez, Griša Močnik, 2020, unpublished conference contribution Keywords: mineral dust, optical absorption, virtual impactor Published in RUNG: 22.11.2021; Views: 1336; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
6. Determination of high-time resolution mineral dust concentration in real-time by optical absorption measurementsMatic Ivančič, Irena Ježek, Martin Rigler, Asta Gregorič, Bálint Alföldy, Rok Podlipec, Luka Drinovec, Griša Močnik, 2021, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: mineral dust, concentration, aerosols, air quality Published in RUNG: 17.11.2021; Views: 1212; Downloads: 5
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7. The determination of source-separated black carbon emission rates using radon as a tracer of atmospheric dynamicsAsta Gregorič, Luka Drinovec, Janja Vaupotič, Irena Ježek, Matic Ivančič, Janja Turšič, Griša Močnik, 2021, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: black carbon, emission rate, aethalometer, radon Published in RUNG: 17.11.2021; Views: 1328; Downloads: 41
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8. Camp Fire 2018: Highly time-resolved study of eOC, eBC and BrC aerosols by the TC-BC (total carbon–black carbon) methodMatic Ivančič, Gašper Lavrič, Asta Gregorič, Balint Alfoldy, Irena Ježek, Jack Connor, Charity Garland, Jonathan P. Bower, Martin Rigler, 2021, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: total carbon, black carbon, brown carbon Published in RUNG: 17.11.2021; Views: 1328; Downloads: 48
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10. Atmospheric concentrations and emission ratios of black carbon and nitrogen oxides in the Arabian/Persian Gulf regionBálint Alföldy, Mohamed M. Mahfouz, Asta Gregorič, Matic Ivančič, Irena Ježek, Martin Rigler, 2021, original scientific article Keywords: black carbon, nitrogen oxides, emission ratio, Arabian Gulf region Published in RUNG: 08.07.2021; Views: 1706; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |