Sabine Crunaire

Dr. Sabine Crunaire

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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29 June 2022 in Atmosphere
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MCMélodie Chatain
Mélodie Chatain
ECEve Chretien
Eve Chretien
SCSabine Crunaire
Sabine Crunaire
EJEmmanuel Jantzem
Emmanuel Jantzem
Ammonia (NH3) is an unregulated atmospheric gaseous pollutant in ambient air, involved in the formation of fine particles. Ammonia is therefore a major precursor of particulate matter (PM), the health effects of which have been widely demonstrated. NH3 emissions are clearly dominated by the agricultural sector (livestock and fertilizers), but other sources may also be important and less studied, such as road traffic with the increased use of catalytic converters in vehicles. This study is based on a long-term real-time measurements campaign (December 2019–September 2021) on two urban sites: a background site and a roadside site in the same agglomeration in France. The study of historical measurements at the background site clearly demonstrated the dominance of agriculture on the ammonia concentrations. This influence was also observed at both sites during the measurement campaign. The annual and monthly averages obtained in the study were similar to previous ones, with concentrations between 1–10 µg/m3 at both sites, indicating lower levels than previous studies for the roadside site. The ammonia levels measured during the campaign at the traffic site were significantly higher than those measured at the background site, highlighting the road traffic influence on ammonia in urban area. The biomass burning influence also seemed to be observed during this long measurement campaign at the agglomeration scale. The influences of road traffic and biomass burning on ammonia concentration remain small compared to agriculture.

18 July 2018 in Microchemical Journal
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CMCécilia Merlen
Cécilia Merlen
MVMarie Verriele
Marie Verriele
SCSabine Crunaire
Sabine Crunaire
VRVincent Ricard
Vincent Ricard
PKPascal Kaluzny
Pascal Kaluzny
NLNadine Locoge
Nadine Locoge