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IDAEA

Research carried out at this site is included in the Air Quality and Exposure assessment research lines. This research aims to:

• Interpret the variability of levels, composition and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols at an urban location in the Western Mediterranean

• Identify the source origin and atmospheric processes controlling aerosol levels and characteristics.

• Quantify the origin of PM components with special interest in organic aerosols and the urban contribution to mineral matter.

• Support air quality action plans.

• Provide a long-term time series of regulated and novel metrics as a relevant input to epidemiological and health impact assessment (HIA) studies performed within this research team and in collaboration with internationally recognised research centres.

• Investigate the link between PM sources and health outcomes

Barcelona cluster participates in Pilots 2 and 4 in RI URBANS project. Pilot2 is devoted to develop and test NRT data provision of nanoparticles and their size distributions. Pilot 4 will evaluate, the health effects of novel AQ metrics and their source contributions, including PM components (mass concentrations) and nanoparticles (number concentrations), using epidemiology and oxidative potential tools.

Variables measured and instruments available at BARCELONA URBAN BACKGROUND SITE