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15 Jun 2015
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| 15 Jun 2015
Regional differences in Chinese SO2 emission control efficiency and policy implications
Q. Q. Zhang
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Y. Wang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77553, USA
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Q. Ma
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Y. Yao
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Y. Xie
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
K. He
School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Short summary
SO2 emission reduction over North China is most effective in reducing national mean surface sulfate concentrations and sulfur export fluxes (β = 0.76 and 0.95, respectively), while reduction over South China has the highest β in reducing population-weighted sulfate concentration (β = 0.98). We recommend that China needs to carefully design a regionally specific implementation plan of realizing its SO2 emissions reduction target to maximize the resulting air quality benefits.
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