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Review of Shandong Peninsular Emissions Change and South Korean Air Quality

중국 산둥반도 배출량 변화와 한국 대기질의 연관성 검토

  • Kim, Hyun Cheol (Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ;
  • Kwon, Seulgi (Department of Environmental & Safety Engineering, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Byeong-Uk (Georgia Environmental Protection Division) ;
  • Kim, Soontae (Department of Environmental & Safety Engineering, Ajou University)
  • Received : 2018.04.03
  • Accepted : 2018.04.24
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

While social networks have become very popular and powerful way of connecting people and sharing new information, they also effectively spread wrong or biased information to the public. We examine the so-called "Shandong peninsular rumor" that claims Chinese government is responsible for the increased air pollution in South Korea and Japan, by moving pollution-causing industries near Beijing to the Shandong peninsular which is close to South Korea. We demonstrate that the amounts of $NO_x$ and $SO_2$ emissions inferred by space-borne monitoring and regional air quality models show clear declining trends in past several years. We do not have any evidences to support the relation of Shandong peninsular emissions change to South Korean air quality.

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