Articles | Volume 17, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10109-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10109-2017
Research article
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29 Aug 2017
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2017

Projected changes in haze pollution potential in China: an ensemble of regional climate model simulations

Zhenyu Han, Botao Zhou, Ying Xu, Jia Wu, and Ying Shi

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Based on the future projection of high-resolution regional climate simulations under the medium-low radiative forcing scenario, the haze pollution potential tends to increase almost over the whole of China except central China, and this increase would be generally aggravated over time. There would be a higher probability of pollution risk over Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei and Yangtze River Delta in winter, over Pearl River Delta in spring and summer, and over Northeast China throughout the whole year.
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