Large-scale transport of PM_2.5 in the lower troposphere during winter cold surges in China.

ABSTRACT: A comprehensive investigation using the air quality network and meteorological data of China in 2015 showed that PM_2.5 driven by cold surges from the ground level could travel up to 2000 km from northern to southern China within two days. Air pollution is more severe and prominent during the winter in north China due to seasonal variations in energy usage, trade wind movements, and industrial emissions. In February 2015, two cold surges traveling from north China caused a temporary increase in the concentration of PM_2.5 in Shanghai. Subsequently, the concentration of PM_2.5 in Xiamen increased to a high of 80 µg/m³_, which is double the average PM_2.5 concentration in Xiamen during the winter. This finding is a new long-range t

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5643490 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature