Lower tropospheric ozone over the North China Plain: variability and trends revealed by IASI satellite observations for 2008–2016

Dufour, Gaëlle; Eremenko, Maxim; Beekmann, Matthias; Cuesta, Juan; Foret, Gilles; Fortems-Cheiney, Audrey; Lachâtre, Mathieu; Lin, Weili; Liu, Yi; Xu, Xiaobin; Zhang, Yuli

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16439-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16439-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16439-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 22

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20 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 20 Nov 2018

Lower tropospheric ozone over the North China Plain: variability and trends revealed by IASI satellite observations for 2008–2016

Gaëlle Dufour, Maxim Eremenko, Matthias Beekmann, Juan Cuesta, Gilles Foret, Audrey Fortems-Cheiney, Mathieu Lachâtre, Weili Lin, Yi Liu, Xiaobin Xu, and Yuli Zhang

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RC1: 'REVIEW', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Review of acp-2018-413', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jul 2018
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (30 Oct 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Oct 2018) by Michel Van Roozendael

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ED: Publish as is (07 Nov 2018) by Michel Van Roozendael

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Short summary

The analysis of IASI lower tropospheric ozone columns over the North China Plain for the 2008–2016 period reveals two distinct periods: one before 2013 without any significant trend, and one after 2013 with a significant negative trend (−1.2 % yr⁻¹). Our results suggest that the negative trend could be attributed to a reduction of the stratosphere-to-troposphere transport combined with the recent reduction of regional NO_x emissions.