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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8343-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8343-2022
Research article
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28 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 28 Jun 2022

A new assessment of global and regional budgets, fluxes, and lifetimes of atmospheric reactive N and S gases and aerosols

Yao Ge, Massimo Vieno, David S. Stevenson, Peter Wind, and Mathew R. Heal

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Reactive N and S gases and aerosols are critical determinants of air quality. We report a comprehensive analysis of the concentrations, wet and dry deposition, fluxes, and lifetimes of these species globally as well as for 10 world regions. We used the EMEP MSC-W model coupled with WRF meteorology and 2015 global emissions. Our work demonstrates the substantial regional variation in these quantities and the need for modelling to simulate atmospheric responses to precursor emissions.
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