WeBaSOOP will quantify ambient aerosol sources in Belgrade and Bor, using ME-2 positive matrix factorization generalized multilinear engine (Canonaco et al., 2013).
Data collected will include organic (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), levoglucosan, mannosan, galactosan, arabitol, mannitol, trehalose, glucose, 2-methylerythritol, 2- methylthreitol, V, Mn, Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, and Pb, SO42-, NO3- , NH4+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+, and Cl−, all measured in the PM10 size fraction. Including source specific organic tracers will improve probability of a successful outcome of the source apportionment.
A minimum of 90, but even more, aerosol filter samples will be collected, covering all four seasons to reflect seasonal variability in the source composition. An aethalometer and total carbon analyser (TCA) will be installed and will enable novel application of PMF to absorption data for source apportionment of equivalent black carbon (eBC) to a fossil/liquid fuel combustion source and a solid fuel combustion source.