Linkages between the atmospheric transmission originating from the North Atlantic Oscillation and persistent winter haze over Beijing
Muyuan Li,Yao Yao,Ian Simmonds,Dehai Luo,Linhao Zhong,and Lin Pei
Muyuan Li
Public Meteorological Service Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Ian Simmonds
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
Dehai Luo
Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Linhao Zhong
National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, 100085, Beijing, China
We found that an atmospheric transmission constituted by a western-type positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO+) pattern and a positive East Atlantic/West Russia (EA/WR+) pattern plays an essential role in the persistent haze events in Beijing. As the origin of the atmospheric transmission, the state of the western-type NAO pattern can help to increase the predictability of winter haze days and persistent haze events in Beijing on interannual and daily-to-weekly timescales.
We found that an atmospheric transmission constituted by a western-type positive North Atlantic...