Enhanced haze pollution by black carbon in megacities in China

A. J. Ding; X. Huang; W. Nie; J. N. Sun; V.‐M. Kerminen; T. Petäjä; H. Su; Y. F. Cheng; X.‐Q. Yang; M. H. Wang; X. G. Chi; J. P. Wang; A. Virkkula; W. D. Guo; J. Yuan; S. Y. Wang; R. J. Zhang; Y. F. Wu; Y. Song; T. Zhu; S. Zilitinkevich; M. Kulmala; C. B. Fu

doi:10.1002/2016gl067745

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Enhanced haze pollution by black carbon in megacities in China

A. J. Ding X. Huang

W. Nie J. N. Sun V.‐M. Kerminen T. Petäjä H. Su

Y. F. Cheng X.‐Q. Yang M. H. Wang X. G. Chi J. P. Wang A. Virkkula W. D. Guo J. Yuan

S. Y. Wang

R. J. Zhang Y. F. Wu Y. Song

T. Zhu

S. Zilitinkevich M. Kulmala C. B. Fu

Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 43 No. 6 pp. 2873-2879 · American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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Abstract

AbstractAerosol‐planetary boundary layer (PBL) interactions have been found to enhance air pollution in megacities in China. We show that black carbon (BC) aerosols play the key role in modifying the PBL meteorology and hence enhancing the haze pollution. With model simulations and data analysis from various field observations in December 2013, we demonstrate that BC induces heating in the PBL, particularly in the upper PBL, and the resulting decreased surface heat flux substantially depresses the development of PBL and consequently enhances the occurrences of extreme haze pollution episodes. We define this process as the “dome effect” of BC and suggest an urgent need for reducing BC emissions as an efficient way to mitigate the extreme haze pollution in megacities of China.

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Published: Mar 16, 2016
Vol/Issue: 43(6)
Pages: 2873-2879
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Authors

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A. J. Ding

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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X. Huang

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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W. Nie

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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J. N. Sun

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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V.‐M. Kerminen

Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Department of Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

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T. Petäjä

Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Department of Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

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H. Su

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China; Multiphase Chemistry Department Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz Germany

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Y. F. Cheng

Multiphase Chemistry Department Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz Germany

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X.‐Q. Yang

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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M. H. Wang

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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X. G. Chi

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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J. P. Wang

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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A. Virkkula

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Department of Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland; Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki Finland

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W. D. Guo

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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J. Yuan

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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S. Y. Wang

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

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R. J. Zhang

Key Laboratory of Climate‐environment for Temerate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Science Beijing China

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Y. F. Wu

Key Laboratory of Climate‐environment for Temerate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Science Beijing China

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Y. Song

College of Environmental Science and Engineering Peking University Beijing China

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T. Zhu

College of Environmental Science and Engineering Peking University Beijing China

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S. Zilitinkevich

Department of Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland; Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki Finland

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M. Kulmala

Department of Physics University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

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C. B. Fu

Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences Nanjing China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change Jiangsu Province China

Funding

NSFC Award: D0512/41422504

Jiangsu Provincial Science Fund Award: BK20140021

Academy of Finland via Center of Excellence in Atmospheric Sciences Award: 272041

Cite This Article

A. J. Ding, X. Huang, W. Nie, et al. (2016). Enhanced haze pollution by black carbon in megacities in China. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(6), 2873-2879. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl067745

Enhanced haze pollution by black carbon in megacities in China

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