Impacts of Secondary Aerosols on a Persistent Fog Event in Northern China

作     者：JIA Xing-Can GUO Xue-Liang 

作者机构：Laboratory of Cloud and Precipitation and Severe Storms (LACS) Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing 100029 China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China Chinese Academy of Meteteorological Sciences Beijing 100081 China 

出 版 物：《Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters》 (大气和海洋科学快报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第5卷第5期

页      面：401-407页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0908[农学-水产] 07[理学] 0707[理学-海洋科学] 070601[理学-气象学] 070602[理学-大气物理学与大气环境] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 

基　　金：supported by the National Meteorology Public Welfare Industry Research Project(GYHY200806001) the National Science and Technology Support Program (2006BAC12B03) 

主　　题：secondary aerosol fog WRF/Chem simulation 

摘      要：The chemistry version of the Weather Re- search and Forecasting model （WRF/Chem） was coupled with the anthropogenic emission inventory of David Streets to investigate the impacts of secondary aerosols on a persistent fog event from 25 to 26 October 2007, in Northem China. The spatial distribution of the simulated fog is consistent with satellite observations, and the time-height distributions of the simulated boundary layer where the fog formed are also in good agreement with these observations. The sensitivity studies show that the secondary aerosols of SO4, NO3, and NH4 formed from gaseous precursors of SO2, NOx, and NH3 had substantial impacts on the formation processes and microphysical structure of the fog event. The decrease of the secondary aerosols obviously reduced the liquid water path and column droplet number concentration of the fog below the 1-km layer, and the corresponding area-averaged liquid water path and droplet number concentration of the fog decreased by 43% and 79%, respectively. The concentra- tions of NOx and NO3 were found to be extremely high in this case. The concentration of interstitial aerosol NO3 was much higher than the SO4 and NH4, but the concentration of SO4 was highest in the cloud-borne aerosols. The average activation ratios for SO4, NO3, and NH4 were 34%, 31%, and 30%, respectively, and the maximum ra- tios reached 62%, 86%, and 55% during the fog episode.