Spatial Characterization of Black Carbon Mass Concentration in the Atmosphere of a Southeast Asian Megacity: An Air Quality Case Study for Metro Manila, Philippines

• Main Authors: Alas, Honey, Müller, Thomas, Birmili, Wolfram, Kecorius, Simonas, Cambaliza, Maria Obiminda L, Simpas, James B, Cayetano, Mylene, Weinhold, Kay, Vallar, Edgar, Galvez, Maria Cecilia, Wiedensohler, Alfred
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Black carbon; Megacity; Spatial and diurnal variability; Mobile measurements; Atmospheric Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/physics-faculty-pubs/42; https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2032/9983a0e86998f9888d18b60eade5c33a1640.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Black carbon (BC) particles have gathered worldwide attention due to their impacts on climate and adverse health effects on humans in heavily polluted environments. Such is the case in megacities of developing and emerging countries in Southeast Asia, in which rapid urbanization, vehicles of obsolet...