Steigvilė Byčenkienė, Daria Pashneva, Ieva Uogintė, Julija Pauraitė, Agnė Minderytė, Lina Davulienė, Kristina Plauškaitė, Martynas Skapas, Vadimas Dudoitis, Gill Touqeer, Jelena Andriejauskiene, Valda Araminienė, Eugenija Farida Dzenajavičienė, Pierre Sicard, Valda Gudynaitė-Franckevičienė, Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė, Nerijus Pedišius, Egidijus Lemanas, Tomas Vonžodas
This study investigates potential influence of urban trees on black carbon (BC) removal by Norway spruce and silver birch along with the BC formation, mass concentration in air, and source apportionment. The main sources of BC in urban areas are transport, household and industry. BC concentrations monitored in urban background station in Vilnius (Lithuania) showed that biomass burning was a significant contributor to BC emissions even during warm period of the year. Therefore, BC emission levels were determined for the most common biomass fuels (mixed wood pellets, oak, ash, birch and spruce firewood) and two types of agro-biomass (triticale and rapeseed straw pellets) burned in modern and old heating systems...
October 13, 2021: Environmental Research