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21 Dec 2022
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Three dominant synoptic atmospheric circulation patterns influencing severe winter haze in eastern China
Shiyue Zhang
Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education,
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and
Environment Change (ILCEC), Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Gang Zeng
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education,
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and
Environment Change (ILCEC), Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Tijian Wang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Xiaoye Yang
Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education,
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and
Environment Change (ILCEC), Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Vedaste Iyakaremye
Rwanda Meteorology Agency, Nyarugenge KN 96 St, Kigali, Rwanda
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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.
Shiyue Zhang, Gang Zeng, Xiaoye Yang, Ruixi Wu, and Zhicong Yin
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 15185–15197, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15185-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15185-2021, 2021
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This study classified the winter cold surge in eastern China into blocking cold surge and wave-train cold surge and investigated the difference of haze dispersion ability between the two types. The results show that the haze dispersion of blocking cold surge is weaker than that of wave-train cold surge. In the past 4 decades, the frequency of wave-train (blocking) cold surge shows a downward (upward) trend, which means that the ability of cold surge to disperse haze is declining.
Minkang Du, Kaiming Huang, Shaodong Zhang, Chunming Huang, Yun Gong, and Fan Yi
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 13553–13569, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13553-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13553-2021, 2021
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El Niño has an important influence on climate systems. There are obviously negative water vapor anomalies from radiosonde observations in the tropical western Pacific during El Niño. The tropical Hadley, Walker, and monsoon circulation variations are revealed to play different roles in the observed water vapor anomaly in different types of El Niños. The Walker (monsoon) circulation anomaly made a major contribution in the 2015/16 (2009/10) strong eastern Pacific (central Pacific) El Niño event.
Junhui Che and Ping Zhao
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 5253–5268, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5253-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5253-2021, 2021
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The importance of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is recognized, but little is known about the Tibetan Plateau (TP) ABL due to the scarce data. Based on new observations from the Third Tibetan Plateau Atmospheric Scientific Experiment, we reveal a big drop in the ABL height from the west to the east of the TP for the first time, which is more remarkable than in the United States and all of China. This steep inhomogeneity in the TP is due to the difference in local climate and environment.
Wogu Zhong, Zhicong Yin, and Huijun Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 5941–5957, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5941-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5941-2019, 2019
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Haze pollution in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region has become increasingly more severe and persistent in recent years.This research focused on severe haze during 2014–2016 and examined the impacts of the anticyclonic anomalies over northeastern Asia. The advance and retreat of anticyclonic anomalies over northeastern Asia (AANA) corresponded with the emergence and dissipation of severe haze, illustrating that AANA could be effective forecast indicators for air quality.
Zhicong Yin, Yuyan Li, and Huijun Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 1439–1453, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1439-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1439-2019, 2019
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Recently, haze pollution in the North China has been serious and disastrous. The preceding heavy autumn sea ice intensified the early winter haze pollution over North China. The results provide possibilities for the seasonal to interannual prediction of haze pollution that helps to determine whether extra stringent emission control measures are needed to counteract the effect of climate variability.
Zhicong Yin, Huijun Wang, and Huopo Chen
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1641–1651, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1641-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1641-2017, 2017
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The number of winter haze days over the north-central North China Plain in 2014 was largest in the past 30 years. With the anticyclone circulation over North China taken as an intermediate, the positive phases of the east Atlantic/west Russia, western Pacific, and Eurasian patterns led to a larger number of haze days in 2014. The related external forcing included preceding autumn Arctic sea ice, winter and pre-autumn surface temperature, and pre-autumn sea surface temperature in the Pacific.
Hui-Jun Wang and Huo-Po Chen
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4205–4211, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4205-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4205-2016, 2016
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The variability of the autumn Arctic sea ice extent, local precipitation and surface wind during winter is most influential to the haze pollution change in eastern China. The joint effect of fast increase of total energy consumption, rapid decline of Arctic sea ice extent and reduced precipitation and surface winds intensified the haze pollution in central North China after 2000. There is similar conclusion for haze pollution in eastern South China after 2000.
Xinghua Bao and Fuqing Zhang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 6965–6982, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6965-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6965-2013, 2013
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Severe haze days in eastern China (HDEC) are affected by the atmospheric circulation variations on a synoptic scale, while the dominant atmospheric circulation patterns influencing HDEC and the differences between them are still unclear. This study obtains three dominant circulation types that could lead to severe HDEC and investigates the differences between them. The results provide a basis for establishing applicable haze prediction and management policies.
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