Global source apportionment of aerosols into major emission regions and sectors over 1850–2017
Journal Article
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· Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online)
- Nanjing Univ. of Information Science and Technology (China)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and precursor gases have changed significantly in the past few decades around the world. In this study, the Explicit Aerosol Source Tagging (EAST) system is merged into the Energy Exascale Earth System Model version 1 (E3SMv1) to quantify the variations in anthropogenic aerosol concentrations, source contributions, and their subsequent radiative impact in four major emission regions across the globe during 1850–1980, 1980–2010, and 2010–2017. In North America and Europe, changes in anthropogenic PM2.5 were mainly caused by changes in emissions from local energy and industrial sectors. The local industrial sector caused the largest increase in PM2.5 in East Asia during 1980–2010 and decrease during 2010–2017. In South Asia, the increase in energy-related emissions dominated the rise in PM2.5 levels during 1980–2017. During 1850–1980, the increases in emissions from North America contributed to the increase in the European PM2.5 burden by 1.7 mg m-2 and the sources from the Europe were also responsible for the PM2.5 burden increase in East Asia and South Asia by about 1.0 mg m-2. During 1980–2010, East Asia contributed to an increase of 0.4–0.6 mg m-2 in the PM2.5 burden in North America and Europe, while South Asia contributed about 0.3 mg m-2. During 2010–2017, the contributions from East Asia to the PM2.5 burdens in the North America, Europe, and South Asia declined by 0.3–0.6 mg m-2 due to the clean air actions in China, while the contributions from South Asia still increased due to the continuous increase in emissions in South Asia. The historical changes in aerosols had an impact on effective radiative forcing through aerosol–radiation interactions (ERFari). During 1980–2010, a decline in North American aerosols resulted in a positive ERFari change (warming effect) in Europe and a decline in aerosols in Europe caused a warming effect in Russia and northern China. The changes in ERFari from the increase and decrease in aerosols in China during 1980–2010 and 2010–2017, respectively, are comparable in magnitude. The continuous aerosol increases in South Asia from 1980 to 2017 resulted in negative ERFari (cooling) changes in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and southern China.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Jiangsu Science Fund for Carbon Neutrality; Jiangsu Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth & Environmental Systems Science (EESS)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 2475330
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA--192039
- Journal Information:
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online), Journal Name: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 24; ISSN 1680-7324
- Publisher:
- Copernicus Publications, EGUCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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