Understanding severe winter haze events in the North China Plain in 2014: roles of climate anomalies

Yin, Zhicong; Wang, Huijun; Chen, Huopo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1641-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1641-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1641-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

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02 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 02 Feb 2017

Understanding severe winter haze events in the North China Plain in 2014: roles of climate anomalies

Zhicong Yin, Huijun Wang, and Huopo Chen

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RC1: 'a comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Sep 2016
- AC1: 'Reply Letter-RC1', Yin Zhicong, 15 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Understanding Severe Winter Haze Pollution in the North-Central North China Plain in 2014', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Reply letter to the anonymous Referee #2', Yin Zhicong, 15 Nov 2016

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AR by Yin Zhicong on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Nov 2016) by Aijun Ding

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Dec 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 Dec 2016) by Aijun Ding

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The number of winter haze days over the north-central North China Plain in 2014 was largest in the past 30 years. With the anticyclone circulation over North China taken as an intermediate, the positive phases of the east Atlantic/west Russia, western Pacific, and Eurasian patterns led to a larger number of haze days in 2014. The related external forcing included preceding autumn Arctic sea ice, winter and pre-autumn surface temperature, and pre-autumn sea surface temperature in the Pacific.