Direct and indirect effects of aerosols on meteorology and air pollutant concentrations

during dry and wet periods on Southeast Brazil

Sergio Ibarra-Espinosa 1, , Gyrlene Aparecida Mendes da 2
Silva , Amanda Rehbein 1, , Angel Vara-Vela 3, , Edmilson Dias de
Freitas 1,
1 Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo-SP, Brazil; 2 Instituto do Mar,

Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Santos-SP, Brazil; 3 Federal University of Technology - Parana; Londrina, Brazil

Introduction
Conclusion
Air pollution is generated by complex interactions between emissions and
meteorology. Air pollutants disperse in the atmosphere, but they suffer In this study we evaluated the effects of vehicular emissions on air quality.
transformations generating secondary pollutants such as aerosols and The simulated parameters align with observations in most of cases, with
gases such as ozone (Kong et al. 2015). Furthermore, aerosols have effects correlations above 0.8 and 0.9, but P M correlations were about 0.5 (not 2.5

on meteorology, direct with absorbing and scattering solar radiation, and shown). There is a positive bias for N O and negative for N O , suggesting 2

indirect by increasing the cloud concentration numbers affecting that emission factors for vehicles needs to be improved. (2016) aerosols
precipitation (Penner et al. 2001). The most important source of air reduce O on 2%, similar to our study.
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pollution in South East Brazil are vehicles (CETESB 2020). Then, in this
study, we evaluated the effects of vehicular emissions on air quality and G.A.M. da Silva thanks CNPq, Nº. 426221/2016-8. E.D.F. FAPESP Grants Nº. 2015/03804-9 and 2016/18438-0; A.R. 2016/10557-0; and S.I.E 2021/07136-1.

meteorology on South East Brazil using a bottom-up emissions inventory.

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Figure 4: Difference in surface O3 (%) after activating aerosol effects for dry period