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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-2112</article-id>
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<article-title>Chemical characterization and source apportionment of PM₁₀ in Belgrade, Serbia: influence of local and regional anthropogenic and natural sources</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Petrović</surname>
<given-names>Bojana</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4089-4683</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Alastuey</surname>
<given-names>Andres</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-5495</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yttri</surname>
<given-names>Karl E.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9904-5716</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pandolfi</surname>
<given-names>Marco</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jovanović</surname>
<given-names>Maja</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0780-9801</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Radović</surname>
<given-names>Bojan</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kovačević</surname>
<given-names>Renata</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Stojanović</surname>
<given-names>Danka B.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Davidović</surname>
<given-names>Miloš</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2438-0231</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Platt</surname>
<given-names>Stephen M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bartonova</surname>
<given-names>Alena</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jovasević-Stojanović</surname>
<given-names>Milena</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>VIDIS Centre, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA CSIC), Barcelona, Spain</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>NILU, 2027, Kjeller, Norway</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor, Serbia</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>20</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>21</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Bojana Petrović et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Substantial efforts and improvements in air quality across Europe lowered levels of air pollutants including particulate matter (PM) in the last decades. However, significant proportion of the European population still lives in areas exceeding WHO recommendations, especially in Northern Italy, Balkans and Eastern Europe, including Serbia. Targeted PM mitigation strategies require extensive air quality monitoring and modelling including source apportionment (SA) studies. In the past, numerous SA studies were conducted for Belgrade city, capital of Serbia. Nevertheless, comparisons across the results are difficult, as they encompass different datasets of pollutants contained in PM fractions such as elements and/or ions and/or PAHs. Here, the aim is to offer a broader insight on PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; sources at an urban background site in Belgrade by including 34 species as input variables for SA (carbonous aerosols, elements, ions and specific organic tracers). For SA, the USEPA PMF 5.0 software was applied. The factor that dominated PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; mass was biomass burning (21%), primarily during heating season, followed by ammonium sulphate (18%) and mineral dust (17%). A mixed traffic and industrial activity accounted for 15% of PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; mass while contribution of factors from biological origin, primary biological aerosol particles and biogenic secondary organic aerosols from isoprene, was 10% each. Mixed factor of long-range transport and road salt/local combustion contributed to the PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; mass 9%. This analysis provides more detailed perspective on the composition and sources of PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; in Belgrade, both from anthropogenic and natural, including biological origin. These findings are valuable for defining targeted PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; mitigation strategies.</p>
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<funding-source>European Commission</funding-source>
<award-id>101060170</award-id>
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<funding-source>Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja</funding-source>
<award-id>451-03-33/2026-03/ 200017</award-id>
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