Impact of crop field burning and mountains on heavy haze in the North China
Plain: a case study

Long, Xin; Tie, Xuexi; Cao, Junji; Huang, Rujin; Feng, Tian; Li, Nan; Zhao, Suyu; Tian, Jie; Li, Guohui; Zhang, Qiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9675-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9675-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9675-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 15

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02 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 02 Aug 2016

Impact of crop field burning and mountains on heavy haze in the North China Plain: a case study

Xin Long, Xuexi Tie, Junji Cao, Rujin Huang, Tian Feng, Nan Li, Suyu Zhao, Jie Tian, Guohui Li, and Qiang Zhang

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RC1: 'Review of “Impact of crop field burning and mountains” by Long X. et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Xuexi Tie, 17 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Review report', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 May 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Xuexi Tie, 17 Jun 2016

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We studied the impact of crop field burning (CFB) on air pollution in North China Plain (NCP) using MODIS observations and the numerical model WRF-CHEM. The CFB plume emitted in southern NCP and went through a long-range transport to northern NCP. The long-range transport and the effect of mountains obviously enhanced the PM_2.5 pollution in northern NCP. The prohibition of CFB should be strict not just in or around Beijing, but also on the ulterior crop growth areas of southern NCP.