Aerosol concentrations variability over China:  two distinct leading modes

Feng, Juan; Zhu, Jianlei; Li, Jianping; Liao, Hong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9883-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9883-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9883-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 16

Research article

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26 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 26 Aug 2020

Aerosol concentrations variability over China: two distinct leading modes

Juan Feng, Jianlei Zhu, Jianping Li, and Hong Liao

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2019-1194', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Apr 2020
RC2: 'review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer', Juan Feng, 10 Jun 2020
AC2: 'Response to Reviewer', Juan Feng, 10 Jun 2020

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AR by Juan Feng on behalf of the Authors (10 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Jun 2020) by Holger Tost

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Jun 2020)

ED: Publish as is (03 Jul 2020) by Holger Tost

AR by Juan Feng on behalf of the Authors (08 Jul 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper explores the month-to-month variability of aerosol concentrations (ACs) over China. The AC variability is dominated by the monopole mode and the meridional dipole mode. The associated dynamic and thermal impacts of the climate systems are examined to explain their contributions to the formation of the two modes. The result suggests the variations are originating from the tropical Pacific, and extratropical atmospheric systems contribute to the dominant variabilities of ACs over China.