How does the amount and composition of PM deposited on Platanus acerifolia leaves change across different cities in Europe?

Chiara Baldacchini; Ana Castanheiro; Nairuhi Maghakyan; Gregorio  Sgrigna; Jolien Verhelst; Rocío Alonso; Jorge H. Amorim; Patrick Bellan; Danijela  Đunisijević Bojović; Jürgen  Breuste; Oliver Bühler; Ilie  C. Cântar; Paloma  Cariñanos; Giulia Carriero; Galina Churkina; Lucian Dinca; Raffaela Esposito; Stanisław W. Gawroński; Maren Kern; Didier Le Thiec; Marco Moretti; Tine Ningal; Eleni C. Rantzoudi; Iztok Sinjur; Biljana Stojanova; Mira Aničić Urošević; Violeta Velikova; Ivana Živojinović; Lilit Sahakyan; Carlo Calfapietra; Roeland Samson

doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b04052

How does the amount and composition of PM deposited on Platanus acerifolia leaves change across different cities in Europe?

Chiara Baldacchini, Ana Castanheiro, Nairuhi Maghakyan, Gregorio Sgrigna, Jolien Verhelst, Rocío Alonso, Jorge H. Amorim, Patrick Bellan, Danijela Đunisijević Bojović, Jürgen Breuste, Oliver Bühler, Ilie C. Cântar, Paloma Cariñanos, Giulia Carriero, Galina Churkina, Lucian Dinca, Raffaela Esposito, Stanisław W. Gawroński, Maren Kern, Didier Le ThiecMarco Moretti, Tine Ningal, Eleni C. Rantzoudi, Iztok Sinjur, Biljana Stojanova, Mira Aničić Urošević, Violeta Velikova, Ivana Živojinović, Lilit Sahakyan, Carlo Calfapietra, Roeland Samson

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Abstract

Particulate matter (PM) deposited on Platanus acerifolia tree leaves has been sampled in the urban areas of 28 European cities, over 20 countries, with the aim of testing leaf deposited particles as indicator of atmospheric PM concentration and composition. Leaves have been collected close to streets characterized by heavy traffic and within urban parks. Leaf surface density, dimensions, and elemental composition of leaf deposited particles have been compared with leaf magnetic content, and discussed in connection with air quality data. The PM quantity and size were mainly dependent on the regional background concentration of particles, while the percentage of iron-based particles emerged as a clear marker of traffic-related pollution in most of the sites. This indicates that Platanus acerifolia is highly suitable to be used in atmospheric PM monitoring studies and that morphological and elemental characteristics of leaf deposited particles, joined with the leaf magnetic content, may successfully allow urban PM source apportionment. (Graph Presented).

Original language	English
Journal	Environmental Science & Technology
Volume	51
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	1147-1156
Number of pages	10
ISSN	0013-936X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04052
Publication status	Published - 7 Feb 2017

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Baldacchini, C., Castanheiro, A., Maghakyan, N., Sgrigna, G., Verhelst, J., Alonso, R., H. Amorim, J., Bellan, P., Đunisijević Bojović, D., Breuste, J., Bühler, O., C. Cântar, I., Cariñanos, P., Carriero, G., Churkina, G., Dinca, L., Esposito, R., W. Gawroński, S., Kern, M., ... Samson, R. (2017). How does the amount and composition of PM deposited on Platanus acerifolia leaves change across different cities in Europe? Environmental Science & Technology, 51(3), 1147-1156. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04052

Baldacchini, C, Castanheiro, A, Maghakyan, N, Sgrigna, G, Verhelst, J, Alonso, R, H. Amorim, J, Bellan, P, Đunisijević Bojović, D, Breuste, J, Bühler, O, C. Cântar, I, Cariñanos, P, Carriero, G, Churkina, G, Dinca, L, Esposito, R, W. Gawroński, S, Kern, M, Le Thiec, D, Moretti, M, Ningal, T, C. Rantzoudi, E, Sinjur, I, Stojanova, B, Aničić Urošević, M, Velikova, V, Živojinović, I, Sahakyan, L, Calfapietra, C & Samson, R 2017, 'How does the amount and composition of PM deposited on Platanus acerifolia leaves change across different cities in Europe?', Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 1147-1156. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04052

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