Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower data
Beijing experienced serious haze pollution from 24 November 2015 to 2 December 2015. To investigate the planetary boundary layer characteristics, especially turbulence characteristics, the authors analyzed the wind, temperature, humidity, and turbulence characteristics during heavily polluted weathe...
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| description | Beijing experienced serious haze pollution from 24 November 2015 to 2 December 2015. To investigate the planetary boundary layer characteristics, especially turbulence characteristics, the authors analyzed the wind, temperature, humidity, and turbulence characteristics during heavily polluted weather by using the observational data of the 325-m meteorological tower in Beijing. The results indicate that the pollution was mainly caused by the easterly and southerly winds. There were negative correlations between wind speed, turbulent kinetic energy, friction velocity, and the PM2.5 concentration. During clean days, the wind speed greatly enhanced with height; however, during the period of heavy pollution, the wind speed changed a little from the near-surface layer to the top of the tower. In contrast, the spatial variability of TKE from the near-surface layer to the upper layer was not so obvious. The heavy haze pollution in this study was often characterized by the emergence of an inversion layer; therefore, the diurnal variation of the boundary layer temperature was very small. At the time of serious pollution, the relative humidity was near 100%. The diurnal variations of sensible heat flux and water vapor flux were significantly reduced when severe pollution occurred. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d52e2a5e22bd4ae09c9dc439d4c633d52022-12-21T22:54:32ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters1674-28342376-61232019-01-01121414910.1080/16742834.2019.15470841547084Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower dataYu SHI0Fei HU1Rui LÜ2Yuanyuan HE3Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing experienced serious haze pollution from 24 November 2015 to 2 December 2015. To investigate the planetary boundary layer characteristics, especially turbulence characteristics, the authors analyzed the wind, temperature, humidity, and turbulence characteristics during heavily polluted weather by using the observational data of the 325-m meteorological tower in Beijing. The results indicate that the pollution was mainly caused by the easterly and southerly winds. There were negative correlations between wind speed, turbulent kinetic energy, friction velocity, and the PM2.5 concentration. During clean days, the wind speed greatly enhanced with height; however, during the period of heavy pollution, the wind speed changed a little from the near-surface layer to the top of the tower. In contrast, the spatial variability of TKE from the near-surface layer to the upper layer was not so obvious. The heavy haze pollution in this study was often characterized by the emergence of an inversion layer; therefore, the diurnal variation of the boundary layer temperature was very small. At the time of serious pollution, the relative humidity was near 100%. The diurnal variations of sensible heat flux and water vapor flux were significantly reduced when severe pollution occurred.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2019.1547084Atmospheric boundary layerhazeair pollutionturbulence |
| spellingShingle | Yu SHI Fei HU Rui LÜ Yuanyuan HE Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower data Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters Atmospheric boundary layer haze air pollution turbulence |
| title | Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower data |
| title_full | Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower data |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower data |
| title_short | Characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on Beijing 325m tower data |
| title_sort | characteristics of urban boundary layer in heavy haze process based on beijing 325m tower data |
| topic | Atmospheric boundary layer haze air pollution turbulence |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2019.1547084 |
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