Aka Chiu

Ms. Aka Chiu


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 November 2025 in Sustainability
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YXYiwei Xu
Yiwei Xu
JWJie Wang
Jie Wang
LZLibin Zhu
Libin Zhu
ACAka Chiu
Aka Chiu
BTBing Cheung TSUI
Bing Cheung TSUI
DBDonald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake
Quantifying the regional source of long-lived ozone precursors (especially GHGs) transported to Hong Kong is hampered by sparse observational data and computational limitations. This study introduces an observation-driven analytical framework that integrates a tracer ratio (ethylbenzene/m,p-xylene), wind–source–distance correlations to constrain transport corridors, and inventory mapping to determine the province- and sector-specific contributions, operationalized by identifying transport periods from observations, classifying sources with diagnostic ratios into five emission categories, deriving seasonal weighting factors via frequency normalization, mapping high-resolution inventory classes to these categories to restructure sectoral inventories, and combining normalized provincial spatial weights with the restructured inventories to quantify cross-boundary CO2 and CH4 emissions by sector and region. High-resolution measurements were conducted at the Cape D’Aguilar Supersite (CDSS), which showed dominant wintertime regional transport with mean concentrations of 435.29 ± 7.64 ppm (CO2) and 2083.45 ± 56.50 ppb (CH4). Thirteen transport periods were quantitatively analyzed, and province–sector contributions were estimated. The dominant provincial contributors were Guangdong (20.66%), followed by Jiangxi (18.36%) and Zhejiang (11.15%). Motor vehicles (70%), fuel combustion (15%), and solvent use (10%) were the primary contributing sectors. The framework enables province- and sector-specific attribution under stated assumptions and provides a tool for measuring cross-boundary mitigation and developing air quality and climate strategies in monsoon-affected coastal cities.