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Long?Range Transport of Asian Sulfate and Its Effects on the Canadian Sulfate Burden Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin – Dalhousie University W. Richard Leaitch, Anne Marie Macdonald – Environment Canada Thomas W. Walker – University of Toronto David G. Streets, Qiang Zhang – Argonne National Laboratory Edward Dunlea, Jose L. Jimenez – University of Colorado Jack E. Dibb – University of New Hampshire Greg Huey, Rodney Weber – Georgia Institute of Technology Meinrat O. Andreae – Max Plank Institute for Chemistry INTEX?B Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Phase B NASA driven campaign April-May 2006 Trans?Pacific sulfate observed at Whistler? Sulfate enhancement in free troposphere Organic enhancement in boundary layer Sulfate mass scaled by 1.4 to compensate for size restrictions Sulfate contributes to East Asian AOD Fall AOD trend reflects SOx emissions Asian sulfate dominates INTEX?B sulfate Filter Pack 25% higher than unscaled Mist Chamber C130 and Cessna measurements scaled by 1.4 Significant growth to East Asian contribution 2.4-3.4x increase in simulated East Asian contribution since 1985 Long?range transport affects NA sulfate burden April-May 2006 Persistent East Asian contribution at 4 km Near Vancouver: 25-30% of surface sulfate of east Asian origin 40% of sulfate burden (1-5 km) of east Asian origin Long?range transport degrades surface air quality Mean surface conditions well correlated with simulated East Asian influence during April-May 2006 Mean increase of 0.38 μg/m3 per +10% Asian influence Conclusions 6.2-9.6% annual mean increase in anthropogenic East Asian SOx emissions since 2000 2.4-3.4x increase in the relative contribution of East Asian sulfate since 1985 Anthropogenic East Asian sulfate degrades NA surface air quality * AGU Fall Meeting 2007 December, 14th, 2007 600 700 800 900 Altitude [km] Pressure [hPa] Aerosol Concentration [μg/m3] 0 3 6 H2O Concentration [g H2O/kg]