Ship traffic emissions contribute to the amount of fine particulate matter in coastal areas

Shipping traffic is a major source of fine particles close to dense shipping lanes. In a recent study, it was found from wind blowing from the sea that 11 to 19% of all of the fine particulate matter measured from the area was derived from the ships that pass through a 50-kilometre corridor from the coast.

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Researcher Niku Kivekäs, tel. +358 50 572 8435, niku.kivekas@fmi.fi

N. Kivekäs, A. Massling, H. Grythe, R. Lange, V. Rusnak, S. Carreno, H. Skov, E. Swietlicki, Q. T. Nguyen, M. Glasius, and A. Kristensson, Contribution of ship traffic to aerosol particle concentrations downwind of a major shipping lane, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 8255-8267, 2014

http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/8255/2014/acp-14-8255-2014.pdf