主办单位:中国气象局沈阳大气环境研究所
国际刊号:ISSN 1673-503X
国内刊号:CN 21-1531/P

Journal of Meteorology and Environment ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 52-60.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-503X.2018.02.007

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Relationships between air quality and meteorological conditions in Shanghai in 2015

MAO Zhuo-cheng1,2, MA Jing-hui1,2, QU Yuan-hao1, YU Zhong-qi1,2, ZHOU Guang-qiang1,2, XU Jian-ming1,2   

  1. 1. Yangtze River Delta Center for Environmental Meteorology Prediction and Warning, Shanghai 200030, China;
    2. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai 200030, China
  • Received:2016-11-18 Revised:2017-03-07 Online:2018-04-30 Published:2018-04-30

Abstract: Using the air quality data from 2001 to 2015 and the meteorological data from 2014 to 2015,the air quality status,variation characteristics,and the corresponding meteorological factors in Shanghai in the context of strong El Niño atmospheric circulation in 2015 were analyzed.The results show that average annual concentrations of PM 10 and SO2 in 2015 in Shanghai reach the lowest values during the recent 15 years,and that of NO2 reaches its second lowest value.The air pollution situation in Shanghai has shifted from the traditional coal burning pollutants,such as sulfur,nitrogen,and PM10,to a compound pollution represented by PM2.5 and photochemical pollution represented by O3.Among the three firsttier cities,the excellent and good rate of air quality and average concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 in 2015 in Shanghai are all between those in Beijing and Guangzhou.The average annual concentrations of NO 2 and O3 in Shanghai are the lowest,and that of SO2 in Shanghai is the highest.The concentration of PM2.5 in Shanghai in 2015 is higher than that in 2014.Compared with 2014,the concentration of PM2.5 in Shanghai decreases significantly in spring and summer in 2015,and those in the easily-polluted seasons including January,February,October,November and December increase significantly.This is mainly due to the lower wind speed,fewer times of continuous small winds,stronger in the inversion intensity,more times of inverse temperature,and increasing intensity in the west wind transport in the easily-polluted seasons in 2015.Influenced by the strong El Niño event,a weaker cold air activity is formed due to the polar vortex contraction in the northern hemisphere,strengthening in the Eurasian Zonal Circulation,and weakening and eastward in the East Asia Trough in the pollution season.It provides an atmospheric circulation background for the bad air quality condition in 2015 in Shanghai.

Key words: Easily-polluted season, Air quality, Meteorological condition, El Niño event, Atmospheric circulation

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