Comparison and evaluation of anthropogenic emissions of SO2 and NOx over China

Li, Meng; Klimont, Zbigniew; Zhang, Qiang; Martin, Randall V.; Zheng, Bo; Heyes, Chris; Cofala, Janusz; Zhang, Yuxuan; He, Kebin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3433-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 3433–3456, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3433-2018

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Special issue: Global and regional assessment of intercontinental transport...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 3433–3456, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3433-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

Research article 08 Mar 2018

Research article | 08 Mar 2018

Comparison and evaluation of anthropogenic emissions of SO₂ and NO_x over China

Meng Li et al.

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In this paper, we conducted a comprehensive evaluation of two widely used anthropogenic emission inventories over China, ECLIPSE and MIX, to explore the potential sources of uncertainties and find clues to improving emission inventories. We found that SO₂ emission estimates are consistent between the two inventories (with 1 % differences), while NO_x emissions in ECLIPSE's estimates are 16 % lower than those in MIX. Discrepancies at the sector and provincial levels are much higher.