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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1206
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1206
30 Jun 2023
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Oxidative potential in rural, suburban and city centre atmospheric environments in Central Europe

Máté Vörösmarty, Gaëlle Uzu, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Pamela Dominutti, Zsófia Kertész, Enikő Papp, and Imre Salma

Abstract. Oxidative potential (OP) is an emerging health-related metric which integrates several physicochemical properties of particulate matter (PM) that are involved in the pathogenesis of the diseases resulting from the exposure to PM. Daily PM2.5-fraction aerosol samples collected in the rural background of the Carpathian Basin and in the suburban area and centre of its largest city of Budapest in each season over one year were utilised to study the OP at the related locations for the first time. The samples were analysed for particulate matter mass, main carbonaceous species, levoglucosan and 20 chemical elements. The resulted data sets were subjected to positive matrix factorisation to derive the main aerosol sources. Biomass burning (BB), suspended dust, road traffic, oil combustion, vehicle metal wear and mixed industrial source were identified. The OP of the sample extracts in simulated lung fluid was determined by ascorbic acid (AA) and dithiothreitol (DTT) assays. The comparison of the OP data sets revealed some differences in the sensitivities of the assays. In the heating period, both the OP and PM mass levels were higher than in spring and summer, but there was a clear misalignment between them. In addition, the heating period-to-non-heating period OP ratios in the urban locations were larger than for the rural background by a factor of 2–4. The OP data sets were attributed to the main aerosol sources using multiple linear regression with the weighted least squares approach. The OP was unambiguously dominated by BB at all sampling locations in winter and autumn. The joint effects of motor vehicles involving the road traffic and vehicle metal wear played the most important role in summer and spring, with considerable contributions from oil combustion and resuspended dust. In winter, there is temporal coincidence between the most severe daily PM health limit exceedances in the whole Carpathian Basin and the chemical PM composition causing larger OP. Similarly, in spring and summer, there is a spatial coincidence in Budapest between the urban hotpots of OP-active aerosol constituents from traffic and the high population density in central quarters. These features offer possibilities for more efficient season-specific air quality regulations focusing on selected aerosol sources rather than on PM mass in general.

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16 Nov 2023
Oxidative potential in rural, suburban and city centre atmospheric environments in central Europe
Máté Vörösmarty, Gaëlle Uzu, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Pamela Dominutti, Zsófia Kertész, Enikő Papp, and Imre Salma
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 14255–14269, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14255-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14255-2023, 2023
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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-1206', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jul 2023
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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-1206', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jul 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-1206', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jul 2023

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AR by Imre Salma on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Sep 2023) by Markku Kulmala
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Sep 2023)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Sep 2023)
ED: Publish as is (11 Oct 2023) by Markku Kulmala
AR by Imre Salma on behalf of the Authors (11 Oct 2023)  Manuscript 

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16 Nov 2023
Oxidative potential in rural, suburban and city centre atmospheric environments in central Europe
Máté Vörösmarty, Gaëlle Uzu, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Pamela Dominutti, Zsófia Kertész, Enikő Papp, and Imre Salma
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 14255–14269, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14255-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14255-2023, 2023
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Poor air quality caused by high concentrations of particulate matter is one of the most severe public health concerns for humans worldwide. One of the most important biological mechanisms inducing adverse health effects is the oxidant-antioxidant imbalance. We showed that the oxidative stress changed substantially and in a complex manner with location and season. Biomass burning exhibited the dominant influence, while motor vehicles played an important role in the nonheating period.