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Recreational atmospheric pollution episodes: inhalable metalliferous particles from firework displays
Title: | Recreational atmospheric pollution episodes: inhalable metalliferous particles from firework displays |
Authors: | Moreno Pérez, Teresa; Querol, Xavier; Alastuey, Andrés; Minguillón, María Cruz; Pey, Jorge; Rodríguez González, Sergio
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Keywords: | Fireworks; Aerosols; Airborne metals; Pollution episodes |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Atmospheric Environment. 2007, 41(5), p. 913-922 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.019 |
Abstract: | The use of fireworks creates an unusual and distinctive anthropogenic atmospheric pollution event. We report on aerosol samples collected during Las Fallas in Valencia, a 6-day celebration famous for its firework displays, and add comparative data on firework- and bonfire-contaminated atmospheric aerosol samples collected from elsewhere in Spain (Barcelona, L’Alcora, and Borriana) and during the Guy Fawkes celebrations in London. Specific high-profile official firework events during Las Fallas included the afternoon Mascletà and the nightly aerial displays (especially in the climactic final 2 days of the fiesta) and were accompanied by pollution spikes in suspended particles, NO, SO2, and the creation and dispersal of an aerosol cloud enriched in a range of metallic elements. |
Sponsorship : | This study was supported by a research project from the Plan Nacional de I+D from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CGL2004-05984_C07- 02/CLI, REN2001-0659-C03-03). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/14885 |
ISSN: | 1352-2310 |
Appears in Collections: | Artículos científicos 2005-2009 |
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