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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Modeling of the Concentrations of Ultrafine Particles in the Plumes of Ships in the Vicinity of Major Harbors.

Matthias Karl, Liisa Pirjola, Ari Karppinen, Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Martin Otto Paul Ramacher, Jaakko Kukkonen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias KarlChemistry Transport Modelling, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany.
Liisa PirjolaDepartment of Technology, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 4071, FI-01600 Vantaa, Finland.
Ari KarppinenAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland.
Jukka-Pekka JalkanenAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland.
Martin Otto Paul RamacherChemistry Transport Modelling, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany.
Jaakko KukkonenAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland.
Finnish Meteorological Institute · FIHelmholtz-Zentrum Hereon · DEHelsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marine traffic in harbors can be responsible for significant atmospheric concentrations of ultrafine particles (UFPs), which have widely recognized negative effects on human health. It is therefore essential to model and measure the time evolution of the number size distributions and chemical composition of UFPs in ship exhaust to assess the resulting exposure in the vicinity of shipping routes. In this study, a sequential modelling chain was developed and applied, in combination with the data measured and collected in major harbor areas in the cities of Helsinki and Turku in Finland, during winter and summer in 2010-2011. The models described ship emissions, atmospheric dispersion, and aerosol dynamics, complemented with a time-microenvironment-activity model to estimate the short-term UFP exposure. We estimated the dilution ratio during the initial fast expansion of the exhaust plume to be approximately equal to eight. This dispersion regime resulted in a fully formed nucleation mode (denoted as Nuc

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Environmental MonitoringAir PollutantsCitiesFinlandModels, TheoreticalParticulate MatterShipsAir PollutantsParticulate Matteraerosol dynamics modelingair qualityatmospheric nucleationfuel sulfur contentparticle number concentrationpopulation exposureshipping emissionsultrafine particles

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PMID31991910
PMCPMC7037959
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