Articles | Volume 20, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15969-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15969-2020
Measurement report
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22 Dec 2020
Measurement report |  | 22 Dec 2020

Measurement report: Long-term variations in carbon monoxide at a background station in China's Yangtze River Delta region

Yijing Chen, Qianli Ma, Weili Lin, Xiaobin Xu, Jie Yao, and Wei Gao

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CO is one of the major air pollutants. Our study showed that the long-term CO levels at a background station in one of the most developed areas of China decreased significantly and verified that this downward trend was attributed to the decrease in anthropogenic emissions, which indicated that the adopted pollution control policies were effective. Also, this decrease has an implication for the atmospheric chemistry considering the negative correlation between CO levels and OH radical's lifetime.
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