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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10745-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10745-2021
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15 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2021

Intensified modulation of winter aerosol pollution in China by El Niño with short duration

Liangying Zeng, Yang Yang, Hailong Wang, Jing Wang, Jing Li, Lili Ren, Huimin Li, Yang Zhou, Pinya Wang, and Hong Liao

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Using an aerosol–climate model, the impacts of El Niño with different durations on aerosols in China are examined. The modulation on aerosol concentrations and haze days by short-duration El Niño events is 2–3 times more than that by long-duration El Niño events in China. The frequency of short-duration El Niño has been increasing significantly in recent decades, suggesting that El Niño events have exerted increasingly intense modulation on aerosol pollution in China over the past few decades.
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