Numerical study of the amplification effects of cold-front passage on air pollution over the North China Plain

W Zhang, W Li, X An, Y Zhao, L Sheng, S Hai… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cold-front systems provide scavenging mechanisms for air pollution in the North China Plain
(NCP), but the transport of pollutants with cold fronts aggravates air quality downstream. The …

Impact of the strong wintertime East Asian trough on the concurrent PM2. 5 and surface O3 in eastern China

X An, L Sheng, W Chen - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The East Asian trough (EAT) is often regarded as an important controlling factor for
the East Asian climate. However, there has been no detailed study of its effects on …

Possible Dynamic Mechanisms of High‐and Low‐Latitude Wave Trains Over Eurasia and Their Impacts on Air Pollution Over the North China Plain in Early Winter

X An, W Chen, S Fu, P Hu, C Li… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Rossby wave train in boreal winter sometimes bifurcates into two branches near the
Mediterranean, sometimes not. However, causes for bifurcating of the wave train are still …

The combined impact of subtropical wave train and Polar− Eurasian teleconnection on the extreme cold event over North China in January 2021

Y Luo, J Shi, X An, C Li - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
An extreme cold event occurred in North China (NC) during 4–9 January 2021, with a
cooling anomaly in most area of NC reaching more than 10° C. During this event, NC …

Record-breaking summer rainfall in the Asia–Pacific region attributed to the strongest Asian westerly jet related to aerosol reduction during COVID-19

X An, W Chen, W Zhang, S Chen, T Ma… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Asia–Pacific region suffered record rainfall in summer 2020, which was
accompanied by the strongest Asian subtropical westerly jet (ASWJ) of the past four …

Northeast Pacific warm blobs sustained via extratropical atmospheric teleconnections

J Shi, H Huang, AV Fedorov, NJ Holbrook… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale marine heatwaves in the Northeast Pacific (NEP), identified here and previously
as 'warm blobs', have devastating impacts on regional ecosystems. An anomalous …

Influence of rainfall-induced diabatic heating on southern rainfall-northern haze over eastern China in early February 2023

X An, W Chen, C Li, L Sheng, W Zhang, S Hai… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
In early February 2023, there was severe haze on the North China Plain (NCP) that was
contemporaneous with heavy rainfall over southern China, which was known as southern …

Synergistic Effect of El Niño and Arctic Sea‐Ice Increment on Wintertime Northeast Asian Anomalous Anticyclone and Its Corresponding PM2.5 Pollution

X An, W Chen, L Sheng, C Li… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
PM2. 5 pollution frequently occurs over the North China Plain (NCP) during early winter,
which is usually modulated by the northeast Asian anomalous anticyclone (NAAA) …

A dynamic link between spring Arctic sea ice and the Tibetan Plateau snow increment indicator

C Zhang, A Duan, XJ Jia, Z Wang, Z Pan - npj Climate and Atmospheric …, 2023 - nature.com
Tibetan Plateau snow has long been recognized as a sensitive indicator of climate
variability. However, the commonly used snow indicator cannot fully represent the …

Pattern of wintertime southern rainfall and northern pollution over eastern China: The role of the strong eastern Pacific El Nino

X An, F Wang, L Sheng, C Li - Journal of Climate, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Air quality over the North China Plain (NCP) and rainfall over southern China exhibit robust
and correlated interannual variations during winter from 1979 to 2018. A correlation …