Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6395-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6395-2023
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12 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 12 Jun 2023

High contribution of anthropogenic combustion sources to atmospheric inorganic reactive nitrogen in South China evidenced by isotopes

Tingting Li, Jun Li, Zeyu Sun, Hongxing Jiang, Chongguo Tian, and Gan Zhang

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N-NH4+ and N-NO3- were vital components in nitrogenous aerosols and contributed 69 % to total nitrogen in PM2.5. Coal combustion was still the most important source of urban atmospheric NO3-. However, the non-agriculture sources play an increasingly important role in NH4+ emissions.
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