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Air quality deterioration episode associated with a typhoon over the complex topographic environment in central Taiwan
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Yang-Fan Sheng
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Wan-Chin Chen
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Charles C. K. Chou
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Yi-Yun Chien
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Wen-Mei Chen
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Short summary
Taiwan and Hong Kong experience air quality deterioration as typhoons approach. However, the mechanism of the formation of poor air quality may differ and still not be well documented in Taiwan. The interaction between easterly typhoon circulation and Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range resulted in a lee side vortex formation. Simulation results indicated that the lee vortex and land–sea breeze, as well as the boundary layer development, were the key mechanisms.
Taiwan and Hong Kong experience air quality deterioration as typhoons approach. However, the...
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