The impact of shipping emissions on air pollution in the  greater North Sea region &ndash; Part 1: Current emissions and  concentrations

Aulinger, A.; Matthias, V.; Zeretzke, M.; Bieser, J.; Quante, M.; Backes, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-739-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-739-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-739-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

Research article

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22 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 22 Jan 2016

The impact of shipping emissions on air pollution in the greater North Sea region – Part 1: Current emissions and concentrations

A. Aulinger, V. Matthias, M. Zeretzke, J. Bieser, M. Quante, and A. Backes

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RC C2090: 'Review of paper acp-2015-74', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Apr 2015
- AC C7677: 'reply to reviewer 2', Armin Aulinger, 07 Oct 2015
RC C3417: 'Combined review of acp-2015-74 and acp-2015-73', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Jun 2015
- AC C7686: 'reply to reviewer 1', Armin Aulinger, 07 Oct 2015
  - EC C8308: 'Reviewer reply to author's comments', Andreas Richter, 21 Oct 2015
    - AC C9796: 'Reply to the second comments of reviewer 1', Armin Aulinger, 26 Nov 2015

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AR by Armin Aulinger on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Dec 2015) by Andreas Richter

AR by Armin Aulinger on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2016) Manuscript

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A multi-model approach consisting of a bottom-up ship emissions model and a chemistry transport model was used to evaluate the impact of shipping on air quality in North Sea bordering countries. As an example, the results of the simulations indicated that the relative contribution of ships to NO₂ concentration levels ashore close to the sea can reach up to 25 % in summer and 15 % in winter. Some hundred kilometers away from the sea, the contribution was about 6 % in summer and 4 % in winter.