The Twain-Hu Basin(THB),located in Central China,serves as a key juncture where the northerly“polluted”airflows of the East Asian winter monsoon meet the southerly warm and humid airflows.Using the T-PCA(T-mode Prin...The Twain-Hu Basin(THB),located in Central China,serves as a key juncture where the northerly“polluted”airflows of the East Asian winter monsoon meet the southerly warm and humid airflows.Using the T-PCA(T-mode Principal Component Analysis)objective synoptic pattern classification,Flexible Particle-Weather Research and Forecasting(FLEXPARTWRF)model,and Random Forest model,we investigate the influences of synoptic circulations on regional transport,local accumulation,and chemical transformation of PM_(2.5)during heavy air pollution over the THB in January of 2015-2022.The results show that the transport-type synoptic pattern accounts for 65.16%of heavy PM_(2.5)pollution,indicating that regional transport of PM_(2.5)dominates the THB’s heavy air pollution.The PM_(2.5)/CO ratio is higher in the transport-type pattern and positively correlated with PM_(2.5)concentrations,reflecting a higher efficiency of chemical transformation to secondary PM_(2.5)in transport-type pollution compared with the accumulation-type pollution.Transport-type heavy PM_(2.5)pollution is predominantly influenced by upstream anomalous northerly and easterly airflows at the bottom of the high-pressure system,converging with the southern wind in the receptor area over the THB.Accumulation-type heavy pollution exhibits weak wind anomalies in central and eastern China under the control of a uniform pressure field.Furthermore,thermally-induced vertical circulations with sinking airflows in the middle and lower troposphere suppress the vertical air pollutant dispersions.The relative contributions of atmospheric factors for transport-type PM_(2.5)heavy pollution events are 38.0%for dynamical driver,26.8%for thermal driver,and 35.1%for chemical transformation,while in accumulation-type,the contribution rates are 33.9%,36.3%,and 29.7%,respectively.This study elucidates the influences of synoptic patterns on regional transport,local accumulation,and chemical transformation of PM_(2.5)for heavy air pollution,with implications for understanding changes of air quality in the receptor region of regional transport.展开更多
Currently, the Chinese central government is considering plans to build a trilateral economic sphere in the Bohai Bay area, including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei（BTH）, where haze pollution frequently occurs. To achie...Currently, the Chinese central government is considering plans to build a trilateral economic sphere in the Bohai Bay area, including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei（BTH）, where haze pollution frequently occurs. To achieve sustainable development, it is necessary to understand the physical mechanism of the haze pollution there. Therefore, the pollutant transport mechanisms of a haze event over the BTH region from 23 to 24 September 2011 were studied using the Weather Research and Forecasting model and the FLEXible-PARTicle dispersion model to understand the effects of the local atmospheric circulations and atmospheric boundary layer structure. Results suggested that the penetration by sea-breeze could strengthen the vertical dispersion by lifting up the planetary boundary layer height（PBLH） and carry the local pollutants to the downstream areas; in the early night, two elevated pollution layers（EPLs） may be generated over the mountain areas： the pollutants in the upper EPL at the altitude of 2–2.5 km were favored to disperse by long-range transport, while the lower EPL at the altitude of 1 km may serve as a reservoir, and the pollutants there could be transported downward and contribute to the surface air pollution.The intensity of the sea–land and mountain–valley breeze circulations played an important role in the vertical transport and distribution of pollutants. It was also found that the diurnal evolution of the PBLH is important for the vertical dispersion of the pollutants,which is strongly affected by the local atmospheric circulations and the distribution of urban areas.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42075186 and 41830965).
文摘The Twain-Hu Basin(THB),located in Central China,serves as a key juncture where the northerly“polluted”airflows of the East Asian winter monsoon meet the southerly warm and humid airflows.Using the T-PCA(T-mode Principal Component Analysis)objective synoptic pattern classification,Flexible Particle-Weather Research and Forecasting(FLEXPARTWRF)model,and Random Forest model,we investigate the influences of synoptic circulations on regional transport,local accumulation,and chemical transformation of PM_(2.5)during heavy air pollution over the THB in January of 2015-2022.The results show that the transport-type synoptic pattern accounts for 65.16%of heavy PM_(2.5)pollution,indicating that regional transport of PM_(2.5)dominates the THB’s heavy air pollution.The PM_(2.5)/CO ratio is higher in the transport-type pattern and positively correlated with PM_(2.5)concentrations,reflecting a higher efficiency of chemical transformation to secondary PM_(2.5)in transport-type pollution compared with the accumulation-type pollution.Transport-type heavy PM_(2.5)pollution is predominantly influenced by upstream anomalous northerly and easterly airflows at the bottom of the high-pressure system,converging with the southern wind in the receptor area over the THB.Accumulation-type heavy pollution exhibits weak wind anomalies in central and eastern China under the control of a uniform pressure field.Furthermore,thermally-induced vertical circulations with sinking airflows in the middle and lower troposphere suppress the vertical air pollutant dispersions.The relative contributions of atmospheric factors for transport-type PM_(2.5)heavy pollution events are 38.0%for dynamical driver,26.8%for thermal driver,and 35.1%for chemical transformation,while in accumulation-type,the contribution rates are 33.9%,36.3%,and 29.7%,respectively.This study elucidates the influences of synoptic patterns on regional transport,local accumulation,and chemical transformation of PM_(2.5)for heavy air pollution,with implications for understanding changes of air quality in the receptor region of regional transport.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41175004)the China Meteorological Administration Special Public Welfare Research Fund (No. GYHY201106033)
文摘Currently, the Chinese central government is considering plans to build a trilateral economic sphere in the Bohai Bay area, including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei（BTH）, where haze pollution frequently occurs. To achieve sustainable development, it is necessary to understand the physical mechanism of the haze pollution there. Therefore, the pollutant transport mechanisms of a haze event over the BTH region from 23 to 24 September 2011 were studied using the Weather Research and Forecasting model and the FLEXible-PARTicle dispersion model to understand the effects of the local atmospheric circulations and atmospheric boundary layer structure. Results suggested that the penetration by sea-breeze could strengthen the vertical dispersion by lifting up the planetary boundary layer height（PBLH） and carry the local pollutants to the downstream areas; in the early night, two elevated pollution layers（EPLs） may be generated over the mountain areas： the pollutants in the upper EPL at the altitude of 2–2.5 km were favored to disperse by long-range transport, while the lower EPL at the altitude of 1 km may serve as a reservoir, and the pollutants there could be transported downward and contribute to the surface air pollution.The intensity of the sea–land and mountain–valley breeze circulations played an important role in the vertical transport and distribution of pollutants. It was also found that the diurnal evolution of the PBLH is important for the vertical dispersion of the pollutants,which is strongly affected by the local atmospheric circulations and the distribution of urban areas.
