Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4771-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4771-2016
Research article
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18 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 18 Apr 2016

Attribution of atmospheric sulfur dioxide over the English Channel to dimethyl sulfide and changing ship emissions

Mingxi Yang, Thomas G. Bell, Frances E. Hopkins, and Timothy J. Smyth

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (07 Apr 2016) by Eliza Harris
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ED: Publish as is (11 Apr 2016) by Eliza Harris
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Exhausts from ships are an important source of air pollution in coastal regions. We observed a ~ 3 fold reduction in the level of sulfur dioxide (a principle pollutant) from the English Channel from 2014 to 2015 after the new International Maritime Organisation regulation on ship sulfur emission became law. Our estimated ship's fuel sulfur content shows a high degree of compliance. Dimethylsulfide from the marine biota becomes a relatively more important source of sulfur in coastal marine air.
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