Modeling the impact of chlorine emissions from coal combustion and prescribed waste incineration on tropospheric ozone formation in China

Liu, Yiming; Fan, Qi; Chen, Xiaoyang; Zhao, Jun; Ling, Zhenhao; Hong, Yingying; Li, Weibiao; Chen, Xunlai; Wang, Mingjie; Wei, Xiaolin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2709-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2709-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2709-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 4

Research article

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26 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 26 Feb 2018

Modeling the impact of chlorine emissions from coal combustion and prescribed waste incineration on tropospheric ozone formation in China

Yiming Liu, Qi Fan, Xiaoyang Chen, Jun Zhao, Zhenhao Ling, Yingying Hong, Weibiao Li, Xunlai Chen, Mingjie Wang, and Xiaolin Wei

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RC1: 'my report', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Report #1 by anonymous Referee #2', Qi Fan, 05 Jan 2018
RC2: 'review of acp-2017-844', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Dec 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Report #2 by anonymous Referee #1', Qi Fan, 05 Jan 2018

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ED: Publish as is (09 Jan 2018) by Andrea Pozzer

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We develop the Anthropogenic Chlorine Emission Inventory for China (ACEIC) for the first time, including the emissions of HCl and Cl₂ from coal combustion and prescribed waste incineration. We incorporate the ACEIC into the CMAQ model and find that it potentially increases the 1 h O₃ concentration by up to ~ 8 ppbv in China. This study highlights the need for the inclusion of anthropogenic chlorine emission in air quality modeling and demonstrates its importance in tropospheric O₃ formation.