Articles | Volume 25, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-14747-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-14747-2025
Research article
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05 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2025

Optimizing ammonia emissions for PM2.5 mitigation: environmental and health co-benefits in Eastern China

Keqin Tang, Haoran Zhang, Ge Xu, Fengyi Chang, Yang Xu, Ji Miao, Xian Cui, Jianbin Jin, Baojie Li, Ke Li, Hong Liao, and Nan Li

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Near-real time daily IASI/Metop-A ULB-LATMOS am monia (NH3) L2 product (total column) AERIS https://doi.org/10.25326/10

Near-real time daily IASI/Metop-B ULB-LATMOS am monia (NH3) L2 product (total column) AERIS https://doi.org/10.25326/11

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Our research combined satellite observations with air quality modeling to establish a high-resolution ammonia emission inventory for Eastern China. Reducing ammonia emissions could lower particulate pollution levels by 1.5–8.8 micrograms per cubic meter and reduce related health risks. Meanwhile, sensitivity simulations highlight the critical need to non-agricultural emission controls for effective particulate mitigation.
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