How emissions, climate, and land use change will impact mid-century air quality over the United States: a focus on effects at national parks

Val Martin, M.; Heald, C. L.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Tilmes, S.; Emmons, L. K.; Schichtel, B. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2805-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2805-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2805-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 5

Research article

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10 Mar 2015

Research article |

| 10 Mar 2015

How emissions, climate, and land use change will impact mid-century air quality over the United States: a focus on effects at national parks

M. Val Martin, C. L. Heald, J.-F. Lamarque, S. Tilmes, L. K. Emmons, and B. A. Schichtel

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RC C9109: 'Review of "How emissions, climate, and land use change will impact mid-century air quality over the United States: A focus on effects at National Parks"', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Nov 2014
- AC C12149: 'response to reviewer#1', Maria Val Martin, 12 Feb 2015
RC C9911: 'Comments on “How emissions, climate, and land use change will impact mid-century air quality over the United States: a focus on effects at National Parks”', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Dec 2014
- AC C12150: 'response to reviewer#2', Maria Val Martin, 12 Feb 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Maria Val Martin on behalf of the Authors (12 Feb 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Feb 2015) by Robert Harley

AR by Maria Val Martin on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2015)

Short summary

We present for the first time the relative effect of climate, emissions, and land use change on ozone and PM25 over the United States, focusing on the national parks. Air quality in 2050 will likely be dominated by emission patterns, but climate and land use changes alone can lead to a substantial increase in air pollution over most of the US, with important implications for O3 air quality, visibility and ecosystem health degradation in the national parks.