Air quality expert group - Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in ... - Defra
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Concentrations and composition of <strong>PM2.5</strong><br />
56. Longer term trends <strong>in</strong> black carbon concentrations can be gauged by comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
the recent aethalometer data with results from the earlier Black Smoke<br />
Network. The black smoke data can be converted to black carbon equivalents at<br />
least as an approximation, even though there are significant differences <strong>in</strong> the<br />
measurement methods, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g black smoke not be<strong>in</strong>g selectively sampled<br />
as the <strong>PM2.5</strong> fraction (Qu<strong>in</strong>cey et al., 2011). Black carbon concentrations and<br />
trends derived <strong>in</strong> this way are shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 3.22.<br />
µg.m -3<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005<br />
BATH 6<br />
HALESOWEN / Dudley<br />
SOUTH KIRKBY<br />
Black Smoke Method<br />
Time<br />
CARDIFF 12<br />
HALIFAX 17<br />
STRABANE 2<br />
Aethalometer<br />
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010<br />
DUNMURRY 3<br />
NORWICH<br />
WOOLWICH 9<br />
Figure 3.22: Trends <strong>in</strong> black carbon and converted black smoke concentrations<br />
2000 to 2010.<br />
57. Black smoke concentrations at Strabane 2 were <strong>in</strong>itially much higher than at<br />
the other urban sites, but decl<strong>in</strong>ed steadily until 2006, when they became<br />
comparable to those at the other sites. Oil-fired central heat<strong>in</strong>g was <strong>in</strong>troduced<br />
<strong>in</strong> 2004 <strong>in</strong>to the estate of houses that surrounds the monitor<strong>in</strong>g site on three<br />
sides generally replac<strong>in</strong>g coal burn<strong>in</strong>g, and this will have contributed to the<br />
decl<strong>in</strong>e. Apart from Strabane 2 there are no significant trends at the other urban<br />
sites across the UK.<br />
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