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The impact of ship emissions on air quality and human health in the Gothenburg area – Part 1: 2012 emissions
Lin Tang
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IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 530 21, 40014 Gothenburg, Sweden
WSP Environment Sweden, Box 13033, 40251 Gothenburg, Sweden
Martin O. P. Ramacher
Chemistry Transport Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502
Geesthacht, Germany
IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 530 21, 40014 Gothenburg, Sweden
Volker Matthias
Chemistry Transport Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502
Geesthacht, Germany
Matthias Karl
Chemistry Transport Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502
Geesthacht, Germany
Lasse Johansson
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki,
Finland
Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki,
Finland
Katarina Yaramenka
IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 530 21, 40014 Gothenburg, Sweden
Armin Aulinger
Chemistry Transport Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, 21502
Geesthacht, Germany
Malin Gustafsson
IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 530 21, 40014 Gothenburg, Sweden
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The effects of shipping emissions on air quality and health in the harbour city of Gothenburg were simulated for 2012 with coupled regional and city-scale chemistry transport models. The results show that contributions of shipping to exposure and health impacts from particulate matter and NO2 are significant and that shipping-related exposure to PM is dominated by emissions from regional shipping outside the city domain and is larger than exposure related to emissions from local road traffic.
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