Air quality and health benefits from ultra-low emission control policy indicated by continuous emission monitoring: a case study in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

Zhang, Yan; Zhao, Yu; Gao, Meng; Bo, Xin; Nielsen, Chris P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6411-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6411-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6411-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 8

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27 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 27 Apr 2021

Air quality and health benefits from ultra-low emission control policy indicated by continuous emission monitoring: a case study in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

Yan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Meng Gao, Xin Bo, and Chris P. Nielsen

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RC1: 'Comment on “Air quality and health benefits from ultra-low emission control policy indicated by continuous emission monitoring: A case study in the Yangtze River Delta region, China”', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Yu Zhao, 13 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 06 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Yu Zhao, 13 Mar 2021

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We combined air quality and exposure response models to analyze the benefits for air quality and human health of China’s ultra-low emission policy in one of its most developed regions. Atmospheric observations and the air quality model were also used to demonstrate improvement of emission inventories incorporating online emission monitoring data. With implementation of the policy in both power and industrial sectors, the attributable deaths due to PM_2.5 exposure are estimated to decrease 5.5 %.