Climate modulation of the Tibetan Plateau on haze in China

Xu, X.; Zhao, T.; Liu, F.; Gong, S. L.; Kristovich, D.; Lu, C.; Guo, Y.; Cheng, X.; Wang, Y.; Ding, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1365-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1365-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1365-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

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08 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 08 Feb 2016

Climate modulation of the Tibetan Plateau on haze in China

X. Xu, T. Zhao, F. Liu, S. L. Gong, D. Kristovich, C. Lu, Y. Guo, X. Cheng, Y. Wang, and G. Ding

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RC C9626: 'Review Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Nov 2015
- AC C11850: 'Reply to Referee#1 of acp-2015-777', Tianliang Zhao, 21 Jan 2016
RC C11224: 'Review of ACP manuscript “Climate modulation of the Tibetan Plateau on haze in China” by Xu', xuhui lee, 06 Jan 2016
- AC C11851: 'Reply ro Referee#2 (Prof. Dr. Xuhui Lee) of acp-2015-777', Tianliang Zhao, 21 Jan 2016

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AR by Tianliang Zhao on behalf of the Authors (21 Jan 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Jan 2016) by Jianping Huang

AR by Tianliang Zhao on behalf of the Authors (23 Jan 2016)

Short summary

We study the climate modulation of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) on atmospheric environment in China with three key points. First a large-scale "susceptible region" for haze is climatologically identified over central-eastern China (CEC) harbored by the TP. Secondly, thermal anomalies of the TP induce the changes in meteorological drivers downstream for frequent haze events in CEC. Finally implications of the TP for the atmospheric environment have potential utility for development planning in China.