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Fertilization-driven pulses of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide complicate air pollution in early spring over the North China Plain
Tian Feng
Department of Geography & Spatial Information Techniques, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
Guohui Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
KLACP, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
Shuyu Zhao
Ningbo Meteorological Bureau, Ningbo, China
Naifang Bei
School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Xin Long
Research Center for Atmospheric Environment, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, China
Yuepeng Pan
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry (LAPC), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yu Song
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, China
Ruonan Wang
KLACP, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
Xuexi Tie
KLACP, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
Luisa T. Molina
Molina Center for Energy and the Environment, Boston, MA, USA
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The impacts of agricultural fertilization on nitrogen oxide and air quality are becoming more pronounced with continuous reductions in fossil fuel sources in China. We report that atmospheric nitrogen dioxide pulses driven by agricultural fertilization largely complicate air pollution in the North China Plain, highlighting the necessity of agricultural emission control.
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