Air quality and acid deposition impacts of local emissions and transboundary air pollution in Japan and South Korea

Yim, Steve Hung Lam; Gu, Yefu; Shapiro, Matthew A.; Stephens, Brent

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13309-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13309-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13309-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 20

Research article

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28 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 28 Oct 2019

Air quality and acid deposition impacts of local emissions and transboundary air pollution in Japan and South Korea

Steve Hung Lam Yim, Yefu Gu, Matthew A. Shapiro, and Brent Stephens

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Final revised paper (published on 28 Oct 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 20 Mar 2019)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'a few short questions', Xue Wu, 24 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to comments', Steve Hung Lam Yim, 19 Jun 2019
RC1: 'Interactive comments on manuscript # acp-2019-47', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to comments', Steve Hung Lam Yim, 19 Jun 2019
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 May 2019
- AC3: 'Responses to comments', Steve Hung Lam Yim, 19 Jun 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Steve Hung Lam Yim on behalf of the Authors (19 Jun 2019) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Jun 2019) by Xiaohong Liu

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (04 Jul 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Jul 2019)

ED: Publish as is (23 Jul 2019) by Xiaohong Liu

AR by Steve Hung Lam Yim on behalf of the Authors (29 Jul 2019) Manuscript

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Steve Hung Lam Yim on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2019) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (13 Sep 2019) by Xiaohong Liu

Short summary

This study assessed and quantified the transboundary air pollution (TAP) impact in Japan and South Korea. We found that ~70 % of annual ambient PM2.5 in Japan and South Korea was contributed by other countries in the region, and wet deposition had a greater impact on mixed forests in Japan and savannas in South Korea. Given these significant impacts of TAP in the region, it is paramount that cross–national efforts be taken to mitigate air pollution problems across East Asia.