Response of winter fine particulate matter concentrations to emission
and meteorology changes in North China

Gao, Meng; Carmichael, Gregory R.; Saide, Pablo E.; Lu, Zifeng; Yu, Man; Streets, David G.; Wang, Zifa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11837-2016

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23 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 23 Sep 2016

Response of winter fine particulate matter concentrations to emission and meteorology changes in North China

Meng Gao, Gregory R. Carmichael, Pablo E. Saide, Zifeng Lu, Man Yu, David G. Streets, and Zifa Wang

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on "Response of winter fine particulate matter concentrations to emission and meteorology changes in North China" by Gao et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Meng Gao, 03 Sep 2016
SC1: 'suggestions for paper', Frank Dentener, 16 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'Responses to Dr. Frank Dentener's short comments', Meng Gao, 06 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of Gao et al 2016', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Meng Gao, 06 Sep 2016

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AR by Meng Gao on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (09 Sep 2016) by Christian Hogrefe

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (13 Sep 2016) by Christian Hogrefe

AR by Meng Gao on behalf of the Authors (13 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

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The WRF-Chem model was used to examine how the winter PM_2.5 concentrations change in response to changes in emissions and meteorology in North China from 1960 to 2010. The discussions in this study indicate that dramatic changes in emissions are the main cause of increasing haze events in North China, and long-term trends in atmospheric circulations maybe another important cause. We also found aerosol feedbacks have been significantly enhanced from 1960 to 2010, due to higher aerosol loadings.