Origin of springtime ozone enhancements in the lower troposphere over Beijing: in situ measurements and model analysis

Huang, J.; Liu, H.; Crawford, J. H.; Chan, C.; Considine, D. B.; Zhang, Y.; Zheng, X.; Zhao, C.; Thouret, V.; Oltmans, S. J.; Liu, S. C.; Jones, D. B. A.; Steenrod, S. D.; Damon, M. R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5161-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5161-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5161-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

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11 May 2015

Research article |

| 11 May 2015

Origin of springtime ozone enhancements in the lower troposphere over Beijing: in situ measurements and model analysis

J. Huang, H. Liu, J. H. Crawford, C. Chan, D. B. Considine, Y. Zhang, X. Zheng, C. Zhao, V. Thouret, S. J. Oltmans, S. C. Liu, D. B. A. Jones, S. D. Steenrod, and M. R. Damon

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SC C11685: 'Additional references', Meiyun Lin, 30 Jan 2015
- AC C11687: 'Reply to "Additional references"', Hongyu Liu, 30 Jan 2015
- AC C12825: 'literature review', Hongyu Liu, 25 Mar 2015
RC C11866: 'Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Feb 2015
- AC C12827: 'reply to Referee #1's comments', Hongyu Liu, 25 Mar 2015
RC C12289: 'Reviewer Comments on Huang et al. Origin of Springtime ozone enhancements …over Beijing.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Feb 2015
- AC C12829: 'reply to Referee #2's comments', Hongyu Liu, 25 Mar 2015

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AR by Hongyu Liu on behalf of the Authors (26 Mar 2015)

Short summary

High ozone concentrations (up to 94.7ppbv) were frequently observed at an altitude of ~1.5--2km over Beijing during April--May 2005. Ozone due to Asian anthropogenic pollution made major contributions to the observed ozone enhancements. These enhancements typically occurred under southerly wind and warmer conditions. An earlier onset of the Asian summer monsoon would cause more ozone enhancement events in the lower troposphere over the North China Plain in late spring and early summer.