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Farren, Naomi J., Dunmore, Rachel E., Mead, Mohammed Iqbal, Nadzir, Mohd Shahrul Mohd, Samah, Azizan Abu, Phang, Siew Moi, Bandy, Brian J., Sturges, William T. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-7169 and Hamilton, Jacqueline F.
(2019)
Chemical characterisation of water-soluble ions in atmospheric particulate matter on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (3).
pp. 1537-1553.
ISSN 1680-7316
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Abstract
Air quality on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia is influenced by local anthropogenic and biogenic emissions as well as marine air masses from the South China Sea and aged emissions transported from highly polluted East Asian regions during the winter monsoon season. An atmospheric observation tower has been constructed on this coastline at the Bachok Marine Research Station. Daily PM 2.5 samples were collected from the top of the observation tower over a 3-week period, and ion chromatography was used to make time-resolved measurements of major atmospheric ions present in aerosol. SO 2- 4 -was found to be the most dominant ion present and on average made up 66 % of the total ion content. Predictions of aerosol pH were made using the ISORROPIA II thermodynamic model, and it was estimated that the aerosol was highly acidic, with pH values ranging from -0:97 to 1.12. A clear difference in aerosol composition was found between continental air masses originating from industrialised regions of East Asia and marine air masses predominantly influenced by the South China Sea. For example, elevated SO 2- 4 - concentrations and increased Cl- depletion were observed when continental air masses that had passed over highly industrialised regions of East Asia arrived at the measurement site. Correlation analyses of the ionic species and assessment of ratios between different ions provided an insight into common sources and formation pathways of key atmospheric ions, such as SO 2- 4 , NHC 4 and C 2 O 2- 4 . To our knowledge, time-resolved measurements of water-soluble ions in PM2:5 are virtually non-existent in rural locations on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Overall this dataset contributes towards a better understanding of atmospheric composition in the Maritime Continent, a region of the tropics that is vulnerable to the effects of poor air quality, largely as a result of rapid industrialisation in East Asia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | atmospheric science ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1902 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2019 10:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 21:39 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69996 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/acp-19-1537-2019 |
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