Importance of meteorology in air pollution events during the city lockdown for COVID-19 in Hubei Province, Central China

L Shen, T Zhao, H Wang, J Liu, Y Bai, S Kong… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared with the 21-year climatological mean over the same period during 2000–2020,
the aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Angstrom exponent (AE) during the COVID-19 …

Impact of urbanization on air quality in the Yangtze River Delta during the COVID-19 lockdown in China

L Shen, H Wang, B Zhu, T Zhao, A Liu, W Lu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The urban agglomeration of Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is symbol of China's rapid
urbanization during the past decades. Urbanization can significantly impact land-cover …

Regional transport patterns for heavy PM2. 5 pollution driven by strong cold airflows in Twain-Hu Basin, Central China

L Shen, T Zhao, J Liu, H Wang, Y Bai, S Kong… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Passages of strong cold airflow can quickly purge air pollutants over source region, eg North
China Plain (NCP), while regional transport of air pollutants from source region would …

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 …

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 …

Numerical modeling of regional transport of PM2. 5 during a severe pollution event in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region in November 2015

W Zhang, S Hai, Y Zhao, L Sheng, Y Zhou… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Regional transport is one of the major causes of severe haze pollution in the Beijing–Tianjin–
Hebei (BTH) region. However, the process of pollutant transport and the specific …

Pattern of Wintertime Southern Rainfall and Northern Pollution over Eastern China: The Role of the Strong Eastern Pacific El Niño

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of rainfall-induced diabatic heating over southern China on the formation of wintertime haze on the North China Plain

X An, L Sheng, C Li, W Chen, Y Tang… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
During the winters (December–February) between 1985 and 2015, the North China Plain
(NCP, 30–40.5∘ N, 112–121.5∘ E) suffered many periods of heavy haze, and these …

Interannual relationship between displacement and intensity of East Asian jet stream and haze over eastern China in winter

S Zhang, G Zeng, T Wang, X Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
A recent case study indicated that the weakening of the East Asian subtropical jet was an
important cause of the severe haze in North China in the winter of 2015. However, the …