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 ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 67-75.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-503X.2022.04.008

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Variation of haze days in Northeast China in autumn and winter and its relationship with Arctic sea ice from 1981 to 2018

Di WANG1(),Zhen WANG1,Lan LI1,Li SUN1,Xin MENG2,Nan-shu XIAO1,Dong-jun YANG3   

  1. 1. Liaoning Meteorological Service Centre, Shenyang 110166, China
    2. Dandong Meteorological Service, Dandong 118000, China
    3. 93182 Troops of People′s Liberation Army, Shenyang 110023, China
  • Received:2022-03-25 Online:2022-08-28 Published:2022-09-22

Abstract:

Using observational data at 166 meteorological stations in Northeast China from 1981 to 2018, we defined a haze-day index in autumn and winter in Northeast China and analyzed the internal relationship between the number of haze days and the atmospheric circulation anomalies. The results indicated that the haze-day index in autumn and winter in Northeast China exhibits a significant interannual variation.The configuration of atmospheric circulation anomalies such as the negative phase of the Eurasia-Pacific Teleconnection Pattern (EUP) and the weak East Asian trough leads to the increase in the occurrence frequency of haze events during autumn and winter in Northeast China. The Barents Sea and the northern Kara Sea are key areas of sea ice that affect the interannual variation of haze days in autumn and winter over Northeast China. The area of sea ice in this region has a significantly negative correlation with the number of haze days. The atmospheric circulation indirectly affects the occurrence frequency of haze events in autumn and winter in Northeast China. When the area of Arctic sea ice is anomalously low, East Asian winter monsoon is relatively weak, near-surface wind speed is low, and ambient humidity is high. Meanwhile, Northeast China is controlled by the abnormal southerly winds on the western side of the Northeast Asian abnormal anticyclone and is influenced by the negative phase mode of EUP, and the large trough in East Asia is weakened, which favors the transport of air pollutants and water vapor to Northeast China, increasing the frequency of haze events in autumn and winter in this region.

Key words: Haze day, Arctic sea ice, Atmospheric circulation

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