Table 3 δ13C values of aerosols at selected sites globally, representing urban, rural, and marine locations.
δ13C (‰) | PM size | Location | Type of Site | Reference |
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‒27.4 ± 1.3 (Summer) | TSP | Arctic Ocean | Marine | |
‒26.6 ± 0.8 (Summer) | TSP | Bering Sea | Marine | |
‒25.6 ± 2.1 (Summer) | TSP | Northwest Pacific | Marine | |
‒25.4 ± 1.2 | PM2.5 | Mexico City, Mexico | Urban | |
‒22.5 ± 0.6 (Winter) | TSP | Okinawa, Japan | Marine | |
‒22.5 ± 0.7 (Spring) | TSP | Okinawa, Japan | ||
‒22.9 ± 0.7 (Summer) | TSP | Okinawa, Japan | ||
‒22.3 ± 0.9 (Autumn) | TSP | Okinawa, Japan | ||
‒27.6 ± 0.8 (Summer) | PM1 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Urban | |
‒27.2 ± 0.2 (Summer) | PM1 | Preila, Lithuania | Marine | |
‒27.9 ± 0.5 (Summer) | PM1 | Rugsteliski, Lithuania | Forest | |
‒26.6 ± 0.4 (Spring) | PM2.5 | Prague, Czech Republic | Urban | |
‒27.2 ± 0.5 (Summer) | PM2.5 | Prague, Czech Republic | ||
‒26.1 ± 0.7 (Autumn) | PM2.5 | Prague, Czech Republic | ||
‒25.5 ± 0.8 (Winter) | PM2.5 | Prague, Czech Republic | ||
‒24.9 ± 0.2 (Summer) | PM2.5 | Beijing, China | Urban | |
‒23.8 ± 0.2 (Winter) | PM2.5 | Beijing, China | ||
‒23.6 ± 1.2 (Summer) | PM2.5 | Morogoro, Tanzania | Rural | |
‒25.3 ± 0.9 (Annual average) | TSP | Montreal, Canada | Various | |
‒24.4 to ‒22.7 (Annual) | TSP | Gosan, South Korea | Marine | |
‒26.2 (Winter) | PM2.5 | Hong Kong | Urban | |
‒26.4 (Winter) | PM2.5 | Hong Kong | Urban | |
‒27.0 ± 1.0 (Annual average) | PM10 | Zgorzelec, Poland | Urban | |
‒25.3 ± 0.9 (Annual average) | PM10 | Nowa Ruda, Poland | Urban | |
‒26.9 ± 0.7 (Annual average) | PM10 | Polkowice, Poland | Urban | |
‒26.7 ± 0.9 (Annual average) | PM10 | Legnica, Poland | Urban | |
‒26.5 ± 1.1 (Annual average) | PM10 | Świdnica, Poland | Urban |