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Simultaneous measurement of methylamine in size-segregated aerosols and the gas phase Cover

Simultaneous measurement of methylamine in size-segregated aerosols and the gas phase

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|Jan 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Location of Fujiyoshida (gray circle) and sections for calculating the passing frequency of air mass trajectories (upper panel), and the map of the surrounding area of the sampling site (lower panel).

Table 1.

Concentrations of the WSON (unit; µg-N m−3), methylamine (MA) (ng-N m−3), and the nitrogen concentration ratios of MA/WSON (%).

meanmedianstandard deviationmaximumminimumnCoarse-modeWSON0.0200.0150.0210.061b.d.*25MA0.0590.0640.0540.178b.d.*25MA/WSON0.2960.2630.2670.8480.00025Fine-modeWSON0.1030.0920.0710.304b.d.*25MA0.7360.4160.5812.5360.12725MA/WSON0.9410.5751.4077.5250.29325GaseousWSON0.0660.0580.0510.173b.d.*25MA0.1670.1290.1030.4650.05125MA/WSON0.3120.2660.2191.1500.10425

* b.d.: Below the detection limit

Figure 2.

Temporal variations in the concentrations of the methylamine (MA) in the coarse-mode particles (a), fine-mode particles (b), and gas phase (c).

Table 2.

Correlation coefficient (r) between the concentration of the gaseous methylamine and those of other particulate and gaseous species, meteorological parameters, and passing frequency of the air mass trajectories. Significance (s) is as follows; ***:p < 0.01, **:p < 0.05, *:p < 0.1, and -:p > 0.1.

rsFine-modeMethylamine0.71***WSON0.41–WSOC0.27–NO2-N−0.18–NO3-N−0.35–NH4+-N−0.05–Nss-SO4²0.07–Nss-K+−0.39–Nss-Ca2+−0.30–Coarse-modeMethylamine0.33–WSON0.17–WSOC0.47–NO2-N0.07–NO3-N−0.35–NH4+-N0.26–Nss-SO4²−0.07–Nss-K + 0.19–Nss-Ca2+−0.39–GaseousWSON0.76***NH30.56**Meteorological parametersAtmospheric pressure0.05–Ambient temperature0.71***Relative humidity0.53*Wind speed0.17–Sunshine duration−0.10–Solar radiation0.38–Passing frequency of the trajectoriesContinental region−0.74***Northern Oceanic region−0.04–Southern Oceanic region0.64***Tokyo Metropolis region0.07–Western Japan region0.34*
Table 3.

Correlation coefficient (r) between the concentration ratio of the fine-mode methylamine to the sum of the fine-mode and gaseous methylamine and the concentrations of the fine-mode species and meteorological parameters. Significance (s) is as follows; ***:p < 0.01, **:p < 0.05, *:p < 0.1, and -:p > 0.1.

rsFine-modeMethylamine0.63***WSON0.50–WSOC0.56**NO2-N−0.10–NO3-N−0.20–NH4 + -N0.47–Nss-SO4²0.53*[Nss-SO4²]+[NO3]ª0.28–[Nss-SO4²]-[NH4+]ª−0.43–[NO3]-[NH4+]ª−0.55**[Nss-SO4²]+[NO3]-[NH4+]ª−0.55**Nss-K+0.04–Nss-Ca2+0.29–Meteorological parametersAtmospheric pressure−0.28–Ambient temperature0.57**Relative humidity0.29–Wind speed−0.06–Sunshine duration−0.07–Solar radiation0.58**

ª Parentheses mean equivalent concentrations.

Language: English
Page range: 1875585 - 1875585
Published on: Jan 1, 2021
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2021 Aki Hirai, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, published by Stockholm University Press
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