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ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
Volume 247, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105150
Keywords
SO2 exposure risk; OMI; MOZART; China
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41471343]
- Entrusted project from the Ministry of natural resources of China [0904/133047]
- National research program for key issues in air pollution control [DQGG0101-02]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LY16D010007]
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This study estimated the long-term trends of ambient SO2 concentrations in China from 2005 to 2018 using OMI SO2 columns and MOZART-4 simulated atmospheric SO2 profile, showing a decreasing trend overall. Although the SO2 exposure risk significantly decreased on a national scale in 2018 compared to 2005, there are still regions where a high percentage of the population faces high SO2 exposure risk.
Long-term trends in the ambient SO2 concentrations across China from 2005 to 2018 were estimated using Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) SO2 columns and an atmospheric SO2 profile simulated by the Model for Ozone And Related Chemical Tracers (MOZART)-4. The estimated ground-level SO2 concentrations were in strong agreement with the ground observations (R = 0.86, root-mean-square error = 10.49 mu g/m(3), relative prediction error = 19%). From 2005 to 2018, the average ground-level SO2 concentration ranged from 0.97 to 106.41 mu g/m(3) across China, with higher values in eastern China than in western China. Considering the uneven distribution of SO2 concentration and population across China, the population-weighted SO2 concentration was estimated to be 20.30 mu g/m(3) on a national scale. The population-weighted SO2 levels showed decreasing trends, and the absolute values of the decreasing trend peaked in winter (1.41 mu g/m(3) per year), followed by those in autumn (0.92 mu g/m(3) per year), spring (0.74 mu g/m(3) per year) and summer (0.75 mu g/m(3) per year) from 2005 to 2018. Although the SO2 exposure risk in 2018 decreased significantly from 2005 on a national scale, 80% and 17% of people still faced a high SO2 exposure risk (higher than 20 mu g/m(3)) in the North China Plain and Northwest China, respectively.
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