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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7843-2020
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Attributing ozone and its precursors to land transport emissions in Europe and Germany
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik
der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Astrid Kerkweg
Institut für Geowissenschaften und Meteorologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
now at: IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Volker Grewe
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik
der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Delft University of Technology, Aerospace Engineering, Section Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects, Delft, the Netherlands
Patrick Jöckel
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik
der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Robert Sausen
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik
der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
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We investigate the contribution of land transport emissions to ozone and ozone precursors in Europe and Germany. Our results show that land transport emissions are one of the most important contributors to reactive nitrogen in Europe. The contribution to ozone is in the range of 8 % to 16 % and varies strongly for different seasons. The hots-pots with the largest ozone concentrations are the Po Valley, while the largest concentration to reactive nitrogen is located mainly in western Europe.
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