Articles | Volume 18, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17933-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17933-2018
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18 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 18 Dec 2018

Rapid SO2 emission reductions significantly increase tropospheric ammonia concentrations over the North China Plain

Mingxu Liu, Xin Huang, Yu Song, Tingting Xu, Shuxiao Wang, Zhijun Wu, Min Hu, Lin Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Yuepeng Pan, Xuejun Liu, and Tong Zhu

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