Background PM10 atmosphere: In the seek of a multifractal characterization using complex networks

Abstract In the literature, several epidemiological studies have already associated respiratory and cardiovascular diseases to acute exposure of mineral dust. However, frail people are also sensitive to chronic exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter 10 μ m or less ( P M 10 ). Consequently, it is crucial to better understand P M 10 fluctuations at all scales. This study investigates P M 10 background atmosphere in the Caribbean area according to African dust seasonality with complex network framework. For that purpose, the regular Visibility Graph (VG) and the new Upside-Down Visibility Graph (UDVG) are used for a multifractal analysis. Firstly, concentration vs degree (v-k) plots highlighted that high degree values (hubs behavior) are related to the highest P M 10 concentrations in VG while hubs is associated to the lowest concentrations in UDVG, i.e. probably the background atmosphere. Then, the degree distribution analysis showed that VG and UDVG difference is reduced for high dust season contrary to the low one. As regards the multifractal analysis, the multifractal degree is higher for the low season in VG while it is higher for the high season in UDVG. The degree distribution behavior and the opposite trend in multifractal degree for UDVG are due to the increase of P M 10 background atmosphere during the high season, i.e. from May to September. To sum up, UDGV is an efficient tool to perform noise fluctuations analysis in environmental time series where low concentrations play an important role as well.

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