Air quality in the eastern United States and Eastern Canada for 1990–2015: 25 years of change in response to emission reductions of SO2 and NOx in the region

Feng, Jian; Chan, Elton; Vet, Robert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3107-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3107-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3107-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

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16 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 16 Mar 2020

Air quality in the eastern United States and Eastern Canada for 1990–2015: 25 years of change in response to emission reductions of SO₂ and NO_x in the region

Jian Feng, Elton Chan, and Robert Vet

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RC1: 'Comments', Tom Butler, 13 Sep 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to the comments and suggestions of reviewer #2', Jian Feng, 04 Dec 2019
RC2: 'review on acp-2019-567', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to the comments and suggestions of reviewer #1', Jian Feng, 04 Dec 2019

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In this study, we analyzed air concentration data on SO₄^2-, NO₃^-, NH₄⁺, HNO₃, and SO₂ measured by CASTNET in the US and by CAPMoN in Canada to reveal the temporal and spatial trends of air pollutants over the eastern US and Eastern Canada. We also explained (1) why the reductions of SO₂ were faster than SO₄^2- and (2) why NO₃^- did not decrease during the cold season except in the Midwest and southern Ontario despite NO_x emissions being significantly reduced for the whole region.