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Decreasing trends of particle number and black carbon mass concentrations at 16 observational sites in Germany from 2009 to 2018
Jia Sun
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Wolfram Birmili
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Markus Hermann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Thomas Tuch
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Kay Weinhold
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Maik Merkel
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Fabian Rasch
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Thomas Müller
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Alexander Schladitz
Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG),
Dresden, Germany
now at: SICK Engineering GmbH, Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany
Susanne Bastian
Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG),
Dresden, Germany
Gunter Löschau
Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG),
Dresden, Germany
Josef Cyrys
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU), Institute of Epidemiology II,
Neuherberg, Germany
University of Augsburg (UA), Wissenschaftszentrum Umwelt, Augsburg,
Germany
Jianwei Gu
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU), Institute of Epidemiology II,
Neuherberg, Germany
University of Augsburg (UA), Wissenschaftszentrum Umwelt, Augsburg,
Germany
now at: Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (WKI), Braunschweig,
Germany
Harald Flentje
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Meteorologisches Observatorium
Hohenpeißenberg, Germany
Björn Briel
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Meteorologisches Observatorium
Hohenpeißenberg, Germany
Christoph Asbach
Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA), Duisburg,
Germany
Heinz Kaminski
Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA), Duisburg,
Germany
Ludwig Ries
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Ralf Sohmer
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Holger Gerwig
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Klaus Wirtz
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Frank Meinhardt
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Andreas Schwerin
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Olaf Bath
German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Nan Ma
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University,
Guangzhou, Guangdong 511443, China
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Alfred Wiedensohler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
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To evaluate the effectiveness of emission mitigation policies, we evaluated the trends of the size-resolved particle number concentrations and equivalent black carbon mass concentration at 16 observational sites for various environments in Germany (2009–2018). Overall, significant decrease trends are found for most of the parameters and sites. This study suggests that a combination of emission mitigation policies can effectively improve the air quality on large spatial scales such as in Germany.
To evaluate the effectiveness of emission mitigation policies, we evaluated the trends of the...
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