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Articles | Volume 18, issue 24
Articles | Volume 18, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18063-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18063-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 24
Research article
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20 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2018

Spatial and temporal changes in SO2 regimes over China in the recent decade and the driving mechanism

Ting Wang, Pucai Wang, Nicolas Theys, Dan Tong, François Hendrick, Qiang Zhang, and Michel Van Roozendael

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18063-2018-supplement

Data sets

China Statistical Yearbook on Environment NBS - National Bureau of Statistics of China http://www.stats.gov.cn/ztjc/ztsj/hjtjzl

Anthropogenic emission inventories in China: a review M. Li, H. Liu, G. Geng, C. Hong, F. Liu, Y. Song, D. Tong, B. Zheng, H. Cui, H. Man, Q. Zhang, and K. He https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwx150

Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases over Asian regions during 2000-2008: Regional Emission inventory in ASia (REAS) version 2 J. Kurokawa, T. Ohara, T. Morikawa, S. Hanayama, G. Janssens-Maenhout, T. Fukui, K. Kawashima, and H. Akimoto https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11019-2013

The JRA-55 reanalysis: General specifications and basic characteristics S. Kobayashi, Y. Ota, Y. Harada, A. Ebita, M. Moriya, H. Onoda, K. Onogi, H. Kamahori, C. Kobayashi, H. Endo, K. Miyaoka, and K. Takahashi https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-001

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Short summary
In the last decade, four temporal regimes of SO2 in China have been identified. After an initial rise, SO2 undergoes two sharp drops in 2007–2008 and 2014–2016, during which 5-year rebounding is sustained. Different mechanisms are tied to North and South China. The industrial emission is responsible for SO2 variation in North China, while in South China the meteorological conditions make a large contribution. The result is crucial to the understanding of SO2 changes and future polices.
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