Articles | Volume 22, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7443-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7443-2022
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10 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 10 Jun 2022

Future projections of daily haze-conducive and clear weather conditions over the North China Plain using a perturbed parameter ensemble

Shipra Jain, Ruth M. Doherty, David Sexton, Steven Turnock, Chaofan Li, Zixuan Jia, Zongbo Shi, and Lin Pei

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We provide a range of future projections of winter haze and clear conditions over the North China Plain (NCP) using multiple simulations from a climate model for the high-emission scenario (RCP8.5). The frequency of haze conducive weather is likely to increase whereas the frequency of clear weather is likely to decrease in future. The total number of hazy days for a given winter can be as much as ˜3.5 times higher than the number of clear days over the NCP.
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