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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2025-251</article-id>
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<article-title>Influence of oceanic ventilation and terrestrial transport on the atmospheric volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons over the Western Pacific</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>Shan-Shan</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ni</surname>
<given-names>Jie</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Song</surname>
<given-names>Jin-Ming</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gao</surname>
<given-names>Xu-Xu</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>He</surname>
<given-names>Zhen</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yang</surname>
<given-names>Gui-Peng</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-4568</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and Key  Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education,  Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of  Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Institute of Marine Chemistry, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China</addr-line>
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<addr-line>These authors contributed equally to this work.</addr-line>
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<day>24</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>56</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Shan-Shan Liu et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons (VCHCs), key ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases, depend on oceanic emission and uptake for their atmospheric budget. However, data on VCHCs in the Western Pacific &lt;span&gt;remain limited&lt;/span&gt;. This study investigated the distribution and sources of VCHCs (CHCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;, C&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;HCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;, CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;, and CH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;CCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;) in the Western Pacific during 2019&amp;ndash;2020. Elevated seawater concentrations of CHCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; and C&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;HCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension (KOE) were driven by mesoscale eddies enhancing primary productivity, while CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; and CH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;CCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations were mainly influenced by atmospheric inputs. Atmospheric concentrations of VCHCs decreased from coastal to open ocean areas, with terrestrial air masses from Eastern Asia contributing significantly. Additionally, atmospheric CHCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; and C&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;HCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations were positively correlated with Chl-&lt;em&gt;a&lt;/em&gt; in the KOE region. These findings suggested that both atmospheric transport from the continent and ocean emissions could influence CHCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; and C&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;HCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; levels. However, analysis of sea-to-air fluxes and saturation anomalies showed that atmospheric transport primarily influenced atmospheric CHCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; and C&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;HCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations. The estimated sea-to-air flux indicated that the Western Pacific acted as a source for CHCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; and C&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;HCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; but a sink for CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; and CH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;CCl&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;, with the potential to absorb 17 &amp;plusmn; 2 % of CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; emissions from Eastern China, 7 &amp;plusmn; 5 % from Eastern Asia, and 3 &amp;plusmn; 1 % of global emissions. Additionally, this region accounted for 8 &amp;plusmn; 4 % of the global oceanic absorption of CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;. These findings underscored the Western Pacific&amp;rsquo;s key role in regulating atmospheric CCl&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations and mitigating its accumulation in Eastern Asia, providing essential data for global VCHCs emission and uptake estimates.</p>
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<funding-source>Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42276039</award-id>
<award-id>42406040</award-id>
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