Spatial and temporal variation of haze in China from 1961 to 2012

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• 作者：Rui Han¹ ; ² ; ^{gdla2008@sina.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Shuxiao Wang² ; ³ ; ^{shxwang@tsinghua.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Wenhai Shen¹ ; Jiandong Wang² ; Kang Wu⁴ ; Zhihua Ren¹ ; Mingnong Feng¹
• 关键词：China ; Haze ; Spatial distribution ; Interannual trend ; Meteorological factors ; Anthropogenic activities
• 刊名：Journal of Environmental Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：46
• 期：Complete
• 页码：134-146
• 全文大小：2196 K

文摘

The purpose of this study is to analyze the climatic characteristics and long-term spatial and temporal variations of haze occurrence in China. The impact factors of haze trends are also discussed. Meteorological data from 1961 to 2012 and daily PM₁₀ concentrations from 2003 to 2012 were employed in this study. The results indicate that the annual-average hazy days at all stations have been increasing rapidly from 4 days in 1961 to 18 days in 2012. The maximum number of haze days occur in winter (41.1%) while the minimum occur in summer (10.4%). During 1961-2012, the high occurrence areas of haze shifted from central to south and east regions of China. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) region, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan Province are the high occurrence areas for haze, while the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and the Pearl River Delta (PRD) have become regions with high haze occurrences in the last 25 years. Temperature and pressure are positively correlated with the number of haze days. However, wind, relative humidity, precipitation, and sunshine duration are negatively correlated with the number of haze days. The key meteorological factors affecting the formation and dissipation of haze vary for high and low altitudes, and are closely related to anthropogenic activities. In recent years, anthropogenic activities have played a more important role in haze occurrences compared with meteorological factors.