Articles | Volume 22, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13371-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13371-2022
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18 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2022

Rapid reappearance of air pollution after cold air outbreaks in northern and eastern China

Qian Liu, Guixing Chen, Lifang Sheng, and Toshiki Iwasaki

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Air pollution can be cleaned up quickly by a cold air outbreak (CAO) but reappears after a CAO. By quantifying the CAO properties, we find the coldness and depth of the cold air mass are key factors affecting the rapid (slow) reappearance of air pollution through modulating the atmospheric boundary layer height and stability. We also find that the spatial pattern of CAO in high-latitude Eurasia a few days ahead can be recognized as a precursor for the reappearance of air pollution.
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