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  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Air Quality Monitoring

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  • Potential Source Contribution Function (PSCF) uses backward trajectories to identify air pollutant source regions.
  • Conventional 2D-PSCF lacks consideration for pollutant emission and transport heights, which is crucial for source-specific analysis.
  • Injection height differences, particularly from sources like biomass burning, impact air pollutant distribution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel three-dimensional PSCF (3D-PSCF) algorithm accounting for trajectory height.
  • To assess the applicability of 3D-PSCF for identifying air pollutant sources.
  • To analyze particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) sources impacting Seoul's air quality.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a simple algorithm to incorporate trajectory height into PSCF calculations, creating 3D-PSCF.
  • Applied 3D-PSCF to particulate PAH data collected in Seoul from September 2006 to August 2007.
  • Evaluated 3D-PSCF performance using varying threshold heights (3,000 m to 1,500 m).

Main Results:

  • 3D-PSCF analysis showed variations in identified source areas depending on the selected threshold height.
  • A threshold height of 2,000 m in 3D-PSCF calculations most effectively pinpointed biomass fuel burning source areas.
  • The study successfully identified potential biomass burning sources contributing to Seoul's air pollution.

Conclusions:

  • 3D-PSCF offers a more refined approach to source apportionment compared to 2D-PSCF by incorporating vertical transport information.
  • The method is effective in identifying specific pollutant sources, such as biomass burning, impacting urban air quality.
  • Optimizing threshold height is critical for accurate source area determination using 3D-PSCF.