Challenges and policy implications of long-term changes in mass absorption cross-section derived from equivalent black carbon and elemental carbon measurements in London and south-east England in 2014

Challenges and policy implications of long-term changes in mass absorption cross-section derived from equivalent black carbon and elemental carbon measurements in London and south-east England in 2014–2019

Published:2021 Issue:12 Volume:23 Page:1949-1960
ISSN:2050-7887
Container-title:Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

Author:

Ciupek Krzysztof¹²^ORCID,Quincey Paul¹,Green David C.²,Butterfield David¹,Fuller Gary W.²

Affiliation:

1. Atmospheric Environmental Science Department, National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, UK

2. MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Environmental Research Group, Imperial College London, 86 Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, UK

Abstract

This paper concludes that mass absorption cross-section (MAC) values in London, UK have changed over time. It provides possible explanations and highlights implications for the interpretation of long-term trends.

Funder

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government

Environment Agency

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK Government

European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Environmental Chemistry,General Medicine

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/EM/D1EM00200G

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