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Increased number concentrations of small particles explain perceived stagnation in air quality over Korea
Sohee Joo
Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
Juseon Shin
Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
Matthias Tesche
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Naghmeh Dehkhoda
Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
Taegyeong Kim
Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
Youngmin Noh
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Division of Earth Environmental System Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
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In our study, we investigated why, in northeast Asia, visibility has not improved even though air pollution levels have decreased. By examining trends in Seoul and Ulsan, we found that the particles in the air are getting smaller, which scatters light more effectively and reduces how far we can see. Our findings suggest that changes in particle properties adversely affected public perception of air quality improvement even though the PM2.5 mass concentration is continuously decreasing.
In our study, we investigated why, in northeast Asia, visibility has not improved even though...
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