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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11545-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-11545-2024
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16 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 16 Oct 2024

Impact of methane and other precursor emission reductions on surface ozone in Europe: scenario analysis using the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) Meteorological Synthesizing Centre – West (MSC-W) model

Willem E. van Caspel, Zbigniew Klimont, Chris Heyes, and Hilde Fagerli

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Methane in the atmosphere contributes to the production of ozone gas – an air pollutant and greenhouse gas. Our results highlight that simultaneous reductions in methane emissions help avoid offsetting the air pollution benefits already achieved by the already-approved precursor emission reductions by 2050 in the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme region, while also playing an important role in bringing air pollution further down towards World Health Organization guideline limits.
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