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Boundary layer structure characteristics under objective classification of persistent pollution weather types in the Beijing area
Zhaobin Sun
Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100089, China
Xiujuan Zhao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100089, China
Ziming Li
Environmental Meteorology Forecast Center of Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Beijing 100089, China
Guiqian Tang
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 102300, China
Shiguang Miao
Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100089, China
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Different weather types will shape significantly different structures of the pollution boundary layer. The findings of this study allow us to understand the inherent difference among heavy pollution boundary layers; in addition, they reveal the formation mechanism of haze pollution from an integrated synoptic-scale and boundary layer structure perspective.
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