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Research article
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28 Feb 2017
Research article |
| 28 Feb 2017
Enhanced trans-Himalaya pollution transport to the Tibetan Plateau by cut-off low systems
Ruixiong Zhang
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Qiusheng He
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Environment and Safety, Taiyuan University of Science and
Technology, Taiyuan, China
Laiguo Chen
Urban Environment and Ecology Research Center, South China Institute
of Environmental Sciences (SCIES), Ministry of Environmental Protection
(MEP), Guangzhou, China
Yuzhong Zhang
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Hang Qu
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Charles Smeltzer
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Jianfeng Li
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Leonardo M. A. Alvarado
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Mihalis Vrekoussis
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Center of Marine Environmental Sciences – MARUM, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), The Cyprus
Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Andreas Richter
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Folkard Wittrock
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
John P. Burrows
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
We use short-lived reactive aromatics as proxies to diagnose transport of pollutants to Tibet. In situ observations of short-lived reactive aromatics across the Tibetan Plateau are analyzed using a regional chemistry and transport model. Our results suggest that the cut-off low system is a major pathway for long-range transport of pollutants such as black carbon. The modeling analysis reveals that even the state-of-the-science reanalysis cannot simulate this cut-off system accurately.
We use short-lived reactive aromatics as proxies to diagnose transport of pollutants to Tibet....
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