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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4103-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4103-2021
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18 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2021

Simulations of anthropogenic bromoform indicate high emissions at the coast of East Asia

Josefine Maas, Susann Tegtmeier, Yue Jia, Birgit Quack, Jonathan V. Durgadoo, and Arne Biastoch

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Cooling-water disinfection at coastal power plants is a known source of atmospheric bromoform. A large source of anthropogenic bromoform is the industrial regions in East Asia. In current bottom-up flux estimates, these anthropogenic emissions are missing, underestimating the global air–sea flux of bromoform. With transport simulations, we show that by including anthropogenic bromoform from cooling-water treatment, the bottom-up flux estimates significantly improve in East and Southeast Asia.
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