Abstract
The results of a study of the elemental concentrations in PM10 samples collected at a site in southwest Mexico City during 2016 and 2019, are presented. The concentrations of up to 19 elements were measured with X-ray fluorescence (XRF). These analyses were complemented with ion chromatography for eight ionic species (for the samples collected in 2016). The behaviors of the gravimetric mass and elemental concentrations are described for the morning, afternoon, and night-time periods in 2019. The elemental concentrations observed in the PM10 samples did not present significant changes as compared to those published in previous works. It was found that the gravimetric mass concentrations were always below the official standards, except during a contingency period in May 2019. The positive matrix factorization (PMF) receptor model was used to identify contaminating sources and their relative contributions to the concentrations of the detected elements. The soil-related factors were the most abundant contributors, with other components associated to traffic, biomass burning, fuel oil, secondary aerosol, and dust resuspension. The occurrence of episodes in 2019 is explained with the aid of PMF and back-trajectories, while the contingency period is due to other chemical species not detected in PM10 with XRF. A comparison with data collected in 2005 in downtown Mexico City is also carried out, as well as with urban areas in other countries.
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The authors acknowledge the technical assistance of M.C. Torres-Barrera and A.L. Alarcón. Additionally, the support of Dr. T. Castro, Dr. A. Jazcilevich, Dr. C. Solís, and Dr. R. Sosa is appreciated. This work was supported in part by DGAPA-UNAM, under grants IN-102615 and IN-101719, as well as CONACyT 253051. AEHL, LVMP, SRC and JAMF recognize the support of CONACyT through scholarships. The authors gratefully acknowledge the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) for the provision of the HYSPLIT transport and dispersion model and/or READY website (https://www.ready.noaa.gov) used in this publication. Additionally, the use of imagery from the NASA FIRMS application (http://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/) operated by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) project is recognized.
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In this appendix, Fig. 18 presents a graph for the comparison of PM2.5/PM10 ratios obtained during 2016 and 2019 at the southwest site with the 2005 ratios collected at the downtown site; Fig. 19 displays a comparison of the Na, Mg, Cl, K, and Ca concentrations measured with XRF and IC for the 2016 samples; Fig. 20 shows the linear dependence between the wind direction and Mg, Ca, Zn, and K elemental concentrations; a plot demonstrating the linear relationship between NH4+ and the sulfate factor during the 2016 campaign is displayed in Fig. 21. Additionally, the back-trajectories obtained with HYSPLIT (Rolph et al. 2017; Stein et al. 2015), for April 29, 2019, are shown in Fig. 22.
The application of ANOVA to the three data sets showed there was no significant difference in the PM2.5/PM10 ratios among the data sets (Fig. 18).
As the concentrations of the ionic species related to Na, Mg, Cl, K, and Ca measured with ion chromatography had mean values equal to those of the concentrations measured with XRF, within experimental uncertainties (Fig. 19), it was more convenient to use the latter values for PMF.
Significant negative linear correlations were found between the concentrations of several elements during the afternoon (Mg, Ca, Zn), and the night (K) periods during 2019, as shown in Fig. 20. This suggests the presence of emitting sources in the directions opposed to wind provenance.
The highly significant correlation between NH4+ and the PMF-obtained sulfate factor, displayed in Fig. 21, supports the identification of this source as secondary aerosol.
Additionally, the backtrajectories shown in Fig. 22 demonstrate the transport of pollutants from the Tula region (with operational thermoelectric power plants and oil refineries located in the zone) and those emitted by biomass burning locations, as determined with the FIRMS database (Justice et al. 2002).
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Mejía-Ponce, L.V., Hernández-López, A.E., Miranda-Martín-del-Campo, J. et al. Elemental analysis of PM10 in southwest Mexico City and source apportionment using positive matrix factorization. J Atmos Chem 79, 167–198 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10874-022-09435-2
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