title: Outdoor and indoor particle characterization from a large and uncontrolled combustion of a tire landfill.
abstract: A large and uncontrolled fire of a tire landfill started in Seseña (Toledo, Spain) on May 13, 2016. An experimental deployment was immediately launched in the area for measuring regulated and non-standard air quality parameters to assess the potential impact of the plume at local and regional levels. Outdoor and indoor measurements of different parameters were carried out at a near school, approximately 700m downwind the burning tires. Real time measurements of ambient black carbon (BC) and total number particle concentrations were identified as good tracers of the smoke plume. Simultaneous peaks allowed us to characterize situations of the plume impact on the site. Outdoor total particle number concentrations reached in these occasions 3.8×105particlescm-3(on a 10min resolution) whereas the indoor concentration was one order of magnitude lower. BC mass concentrations in ambient air were in the range of 2 to 7μgm-3, whereas concentrations<2μgm-3were measured indoor. Indoor and outdoor deposited inhalable dust was sampled and chemically characterized. Both indoor and outdoor dust was enriched in tire components (Zn, sulfate) and PAHs associated to the tire combustion process. Infiltration processes have been documented for BC and particle number concentrations causing increases in indoor concentrations.
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Environment Department, Associated Unit to CSIC on Atmospheric Pollution, Avenida Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: b.artinano@ciemat.es.
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authors.lastname: Artíñano
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Environment Department, Associated Unit to CSIC on Atmospheric Pollution, Avenida Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gómez-Moreno
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Environment Department, Associated Unit to CSIC on Atmospheric Pollution, Avenida Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
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authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pandolfi
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Environment Department, Associated Unit to CSIC on Atmospheric Pollution, Avenida Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alonso-Blanco
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Environment Department, Associated Unit to CSIC on Atmospheric Pollution, Avenida Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coz
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Technology Department, Avenida Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Alonso
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Environment Department, Associated Unit to CSIC on Atmospheric Pollution, Avenida Complutense 40, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Becerril-Valle
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Querol
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alastuey
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: van Drooge
keywords: Black carbon; Inhalable dust; PAH; Particle number; Seseña; Tire combustion