Determination and climatology of the diurnal cycle of the atmospheric mixing layer height over Beijing 2013–2018: lidar measurements and implications for air pollution

Wang, Haofei; Li, Zhengqiang; Lv, Yang; Zhang, Ying; Xu, Hua; Guo, Jianping; Goloub, Philippe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8839-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8839-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8839-2020

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27 Jul 2020

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| 27 Jul 2020

Determination and climatology of the diurnal cycle of the atmospheric mixing layer height over Beijing 2013–2018: lidar measurements and implications for air pollution

Haofei Wang, Zhengqiang Li, Yang Lv, Ying Zhang, Hua Xu, Jianping Guo, and Philippe Goloub

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RC1: 'Review report', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response_Anonymous_Referee_1', Haofei Wang, 19 May 2020
SC1: 'Short comment from the scientific community', Matthias Wiegner, 12 May 2020
- AC2: 'Response_Matthias Wiegner', Haofei Wang, 19 May 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 May 2020
- SC2: 'Response_Anonymous_Referee_2', Haofei Wang, 19 May 2020

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Lidar shows good performance in calculating the convective layer height in the daytime and the residual layer height at night, as well as having the potential to describe the stable layer height at night. The MLH seasonal change in Beijing indicates that it is low in winter and autumn and high in spring and summer. From 2014 to 2018, the magnitude of the diurnal cycle of MLH increased year by year. MLH from lidar shows better accuracy than a radiosonde when calculating surface pollution.