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Distinct evolutions of haze pollution from winter to the following spring over the North China Plain: role of the North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies
Linye Song
Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Shangfeng Chen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Monsoon System Research, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Wen Chen
Center for Monsoon System Research, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jianping Guo
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
Conglan Cheng
Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Yong Wang
Department of forecasting models, ZAMG, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria
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Seoung Soo Lee, Jinho Choi, Goun Kim, Kyung-Ja Ha, Kyong-Hwan Seo, Chang Hoon Jung, Junshik Um, Youtong Zheng, Jianping Guo, Sang-Keun Song, Yun Gon Lee, and Nobuyuki Utsumi
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This study shows that in most years when haze pollution (HP) over the North China Plain (NCP) is more (less) serious in winter, air conditions in the following spring are also worse (better) than normal. Conversely, there are some years when HP in the following spring is opposed to that in winter. It is found that North Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies play important roles in HP evolution over the NCP. Thus North Atlantic SST is an important preceding signal for NCP HP evolution.
This study shows that in most years when haze pollution (HP) over the North China Plain (NCP) is...
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