Wood combustion contribution to winter aerosol in Sweden

Interactive comment on “Contribution of residential wood combustion to hourly winter aerosol in Northern Sweden determined by positive matrix factorization” by P. Krecl et al

We thank anonymous referee #2 for the constructive and helpful criticism. A detailed response to the comments of reviewer #2 follows below. Specific comments 1. Title of paper. The title has been changed to better describe the content of the manuscript as suggested by the reviewer: “Contribution of residential wood combustion and other sources to hourly winter aerosol in Northern Sweden d...

Interactive comment on “Contribution of residential wood combustion to hourly winter aerosol in Northern Sweden determined by positive matrix factorization” by P. Krecl et al

Source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosol in southern Sweden

A one-year study was performed at the Vavihill background station in southern Sweden to estimate the anthropogenic contribution to the carbonaceous aerosol. Weekly samples of the particulate matter PM10 were collected on quartz filters, and the amounts of organic carbon, elemental carbon, radiocarbon (14C) and levoglucosan were measured. This approach enabled source apportionment of the total c...

Contribution of residential wood combustion to hourly winter aerosol in Northern Sweden determined by positive matrix factorization

The combined effect of residential wood combustion (RWC) emissions with stable atmospheric conditions, which is a frequent occurrence in Northern Sweden during win-tertime, can deteriorate the air quality even in small towns. To estimate the contribution of RWC to the total atmospheric aerosol loading, the positive matrix factorization 5 (PMF) method was applied to hourly mean particle number s...

Organic molecular markers and signature from wood combustion particles in winter ambient aerosols: aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) and high time-resolved GC-MS measurements in Augsburg, Germany

The impact of wood combustion on ambient aerosols was investigated in Augsburg, Germany during a winter measurement campaign of a six-week period. Special attention was paid to the high time resolution observations of wood combustion with different mass spectrometric methods. Here we present and compare the results from an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) and gas chromatographic – mass ...