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. 2017 Aug 15;7:8220. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08895-x

Table 3.

Effects of implementing emission reduction measures of four, three, two, one and zero days before the start of red alerts on the reduction of PM2.5 concentrations.

Emission scenarios (Reduction measures implemented) PM2.5 peaks (%) Daily averaged PM2.5 concentration (%)
YF JCZX DL Average YF JCZX DL Average
4 days 37 40 38 38 25 22 23 23
3 days 36 38 34 36 23 20 22 22
2 days 33 32 29 31 20 18 20 19
1 day 27 26 22 25 19 16 19 18
0 day 16 15 12 14 7 6 7 7