Articles | Volume 21, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18195-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18195-2021
Research article
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15 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 15 Dec 2021

Why is the city's responsibility for its air pollution often underestimated? A focus on PM2.5

Philippe Thunis, Alain Clappier, Alexander de Meij, Enrico Pisoni, Bertrand Bessagnet, and Leonor Tarrason

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • CC1: 'Comment on acp-2021-739', Peter Huszar, 23 Sep 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on CC1', Philippe Thunis, 03 Nov 2021
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2021-739', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Sep 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Philippe Thunis, 03 Nov 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2021-739', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Oct 2021
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Philippe Thunis, 03 Nov 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Philippe Thunis on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2021)  Manuscript 
EF by Manal Becker (04 Nov 2021)  Author's response 
EF by Manal Becker (04 Nov 2021)  Author's tracked changes 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Nov 2021) by Eduardo Landulfo
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Nov 2021)
ED: Publish as is (10 Nov 2021) by Eduardo Landulfo
AR by Philippe Thunis on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2021)
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Short summary
Air pollution's origin in cities is still a point of discussion, and approaches to assess the city's responsibility for its pollution are not harmonized and thus not comparable, resulting in sometimes contradicting interpretations. We show that methodological choices can easily lead to differences of a factor of 2 in terms of responsibility outcome and stress that methodological choices and assumptions most often lead to a systematic and important underestimation of the city's responsibility.
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