Mixing layer height and its implications for air pollution over Beijing, China

Tang, Guiqian; Zhang, Jinqiang; Zhu, Xiaowan; Song, Tao; Münkel, Christoph; Hu, Bo; Schäfer, Klaus; Liu, Zirui; Zhang, Junke; Wang, Lili; Xin, Jinyuan; Suppan, Peter; Wang, Yuesi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2459-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2459-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2459-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Research article

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01 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 01 Mar 2016

Mixing layer height and its implications for air pollution over Beijing, China

Guiqian Tang, Jinqiang Zhang, Xiaowan Zhu, Tao Song, Christoph Münkel, Bo Hu, Klaus Schäfer, Zirui Liu, Junke Zhang, Lili Wang, Jinyuan Xin, Peter Suppan, and Yuesi Wang

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RC C9718: 'review of Tang et al. (2015)', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Nov 2015
- AC C10996: 'Response to comment by anonymous referee1', Guiqian Tang, 01 Jan 2016
RC C10667: 'MH in Beijing - review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Dec 2015
- AC C10997: 'Response to comment by anonymous referee2', Guiqian Tang, 01 Jan 2016
- AC C10998: 'Response to comment by anonymous referee 2 (revised)', Guiqian Tang, 01 Jan 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Guiqian Tang on behalf of the Authors (01 Jan 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Jan 2016) by Corinna Hoose

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Jan 2016)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (22 Jan 2016) by Corinna Hoose

AR by Guiqian Tang on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2016) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (17 Feb 2016) by Corinna Hoose

AR by Guiqian Tang on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This is the first paper to validate and characterize mixing layer height and discuss its relationship with air pollution, using a ceilometer in Beijing. The novelty, originality, and importance of this paper are as follows: (1) the applicable conditions of the ceilometer; (2) the variations of mixing layer height; (3) thermal/dynamic structure inside mixing layers with different degrees of pollution; and (4) critical meteorological conditions for the formation of heavy air pollution.