Urbanization Effect on Winter Haze in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China

Zhong, Shi; Qian, Yun; Sarangi, Chandan; Zhao, Chun; Leung, Ruby; Wang, Hailong; Yan, Huiping; Yang, Tao; Yang, Ben

doi:10.1029/2018GL077239

Title: Urbanization Effect on Winter Haze in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China

Journal Article · 06 July 2018 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077239 · OSTI ID:1544247

Zhong, Shi ^[1];

^[2]; Sarangi, Chandan ^[2];

^[3]; Leung, Ruby ^[2];

^[2]; Yan, Huiping ^[4];

^[5];

^[6]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Hohai Univ., Nanjing (China)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei China
College of Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing China
Hohai Univ., Nanjing (China)
Nanjing Univ. (China). School of Atmospheric Sciences

The impact of urbanization-induced land-cover change and increase in anthropogenic emissions on the air quality of the megacity cluster of the Yangtze River Delta is investigated using the WRF-Chem model coupled with an urban canopy model at cloud-resolving resolution. The urban land-cover effect results in considerable reduction of near-surface aerosol concentrations over urban regions and an increase in particle concentrations at higher altitudes over the surrounding rural areas. The urban heat island effect increases the lower atmospheric instability and vertical velocity, thus increasing the planetary boundary layer height and ventilation over the urban area, favoring the dispersion of pollutants from urbanized areas to their immediate vicinities. However, the urbanization-induced increases in aerosol emissions outweigh that of land-cover change, resulting in a net increase in surface particle concentrations by up to 50 μg m^-3 and the occurrence of winter haze by more than 10 d season^-1 in the Yangtze River Delta region.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1544247

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 45; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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