Articles | Volume 19, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8563-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8563-2019
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05 Jul 2019
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Comment on “Insignificant effect of climate change on winter haze pollution in Beijing” by Shen et al. (2018)

Run Liu, Lu Mao, Shaw Chen Liu, Yuanhang Zhang, Hong Liao, Huopo Chen, and Yuhang Wang

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The recent paper by Shen et al. (2018; referred to hereafter as SHEN) made a sweeping statement on the winter haze pollution in Beijing by claiming an Insignificant effect of climate change on winter haze in Beijing. We argue that the paper contains three serious flaws. Any one of the three flaws can nullify the claim of SHEN.
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