Response of early winter haze in the North China Plain to autumn Beaufort sea ice
Response of early winter haze in the North China Plain to autumn Beaufort sea ice
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DOI:
10.5194/acp-19-1439-2019
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发表时间:
2019-02
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Zhicong Yin;Yuyan Li;Huijun Wang
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作者:
Zhicong Yin;Yuyan Li;Huijun Wang
Abstract. Recently, early winter haze pollution in the North China
Plain has been serious and disastrous, dramatically damaging human health
and the social economy. In this study, we emphasized the close connection
between the number of haze days in early winter in the North China Plain and
the September–October sea ice in the west of the Beaufort Sea (R=0.51) via
both observational analyses and numerical experiments. Due to efficient
radiative cooling, the responses of atmospheric circulations partially
manifested as reductions of surface wind speed over the Beaufort Sea and
Gulf of Alaska, resulting in a warmer sea surface in the subsequent
November. The sea surface temperature anomalies over the Bering Sea and Gulf
of Alaska acted as a bridge. The warmer sea surface efficiently heated the
above air and led to suitable atmospheric backgrounds to enhance the
potential of haze weather (e.g., a weaker East Asian jet stream and a Rossby
wave-like train propagated from North China and the Sea of Japan, through the
Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, to the Cordillera Mountains). Near the
surface, the weakening sea level pressure gradient stimulated anomalous
southerlies over the coastal area of China and brought about a calm and
moist environment for haze formation. The thermal inversion was also
enhanced to restrict the downward transportation of clear and dry upper air. Thus, the
horizontal and vertical dispersion were both limited, and the fine particles
were apt to accumulate and cause haze pollution.