Articles | Volume 21, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6411-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6411-2021
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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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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 PM2.5 exposure are estimated to decrease 5.5 %.
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