Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4477-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4477-2017
Research article
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03 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 03 Apr 2017

Impacts of coal burning on ambient PM2.5 pollution in China

Qiao Ma, Siyi Cai, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Randall V. Martin, Michael Brauer, Aaron Cohen, Jingkun Jiang, Wei Zhou, Jiming Hao, Joseph Frostad, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, and Richard T. Burnett

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In order to quantitatively identify the contributions of coal combustion to airborne fine particles, we developed an emission inventory using up-to-date information and conducted simulations using an atmospheric model. Results show that coal combustion contributes 40 % of the airborne fine-particle concentration on national average in China. Among the subsectors of coal combustion, industrial coal burning is the dominant contributor, which should be prioritized when policies are applied.
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