Aerosol–radiation feedback deteriorates the wintertime  haze in the North China Plain

Wu, Jiarui; Bei, Naifang; Hu, Bo; Liu, Suixin; Zhou, Meng; Wang, Qiyuan; Li, Xia; Liu, Lang; Feng, Tian; Liu, Zirui; Wang, Yichen; Cao, Junji; Tie, Xuexi; Wang, Jun; Molina, Luisa T.; Li, Guohui

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8703-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8703-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8703-2019

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

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10 Jul 2019

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| 10 Jul 2019

Aerosol–radiation feedback deteriorates the wintertime haze in the North China Plain

Jiarui Wu, Naifang Bei, Bo Hu, Suixin Liu, Meng Zhou, Qiyuan Wang, Xia Li, Lang Liu, Tian Feng, Zirui Liu, Yichen Wang, Junji Cao, Xuexi Tie, Jun Wang, Luisa T. Molina, and Guohui Li

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RC1: 'Description of the manuscript needs to be improved', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Reply2Referee01-acp-2018-1288', Guohui Li, 19 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Comments on "Aerosol-radiation feedback deteriorates the wintertime haze in North China Plain"', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 May 2019
- AC2: 'Reply2Referee02-acp-2018-1288', Guohui Li, 19 Jun 2019

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ED: Publish as is (25 Jun 2019) by Renyi Zhang

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In the present study, simulations during a persistent and heavy haze pollution episode from 5 December 2015 to 4 January 2016 in the North China Plain (NCP) were performed using the WRF-Chem model to comprehensively quantify contributions of the aerosol shortwave radiative feedback (ARF) to near-surface PM_2.5 mass concentrations. During the episode, the ARF deteriorates the haze pollution, increasing the near-surface PM_2.5 concentration in the NCP by 10.2 μg m⁻³ (7.8 %) on average.