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DOI	10.5194/acp-20-3713-2020
	The significant impact of aerosol vertical structure on lower atmosphere stability and its critical role in aerosol-planetary boundary layer (PBL) interactions
	Su T.; Li Z.; Li C.; Li J.; Han W.; Shen C.; Tan W.; Wei J.; Guo J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	1680-7316
起始页码	3713
结束页码	3724
卷号	20 期号:6
英文摘要	The aerosol-planetary boundary layer (PBL) interaction was proposed as an important mechanism to stabilize the atmosphere and exacerbate surface air pollution. Despite the tremendous progress made in understanding this process, its magnitude and significance still have large uncertainties and vary largely with aerosol distribution and meteorological conditions. In this study, we focus on the role of aerosol vertical distribution in thermodynamic stability and PBL development by jointly using micropulse lidar, sun photometer, and radiosonde measurements taken in Beijing. Despite the complexity of aerosol vertical distributions, cloud-free aerosol structures can be largely classified into three types: well-mixed, decreasing with height, and inverse structures. The aerosol-PBL relationship and diurnal cycles of the PBL height and PM2.5 associated with these different aerosol vertical structures show distinct characteristics. The vertical distribution of aerosol radiative forcing differs drastically among the three types, with strong heating in the lower, middle, and upper PBL, respectively. Such a discrepancy in the heating rate affects the atmospheric buoyancy and stability differently in the three distinct aerosol structures. Absorbing aerosols have a weaker effect of stabilizing the lower atmosphere under the decreasing structure than under the inverse structure. As a result, the aerosol-PBL interaction can be strengthened by the inverse aerosol structure and can be potentially neutralized by the decreasing structure. Moreover, aerosols can both enhance and suppress PBL stability, leading to both positive and negative feedback loops. This study attempts to improve our understanding of the aerosol-PBL interaction, showing the importance of the observational constraint of aerosol vertical distribution for simulating this interaction and consequent feedbacks. © 2020 Author(s).
语种	英语
scopus关键词	aerosol; atmospheric dynamics; boundary layer; diurnal variation; feedback mechanism; thermodynamics; vertical distribution; Beijing [China]; China
来源期刊	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/141447
作者单位	Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, United States; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Su T.,Li Z.,Li C.,et al. The significant impact of aerosol vertical structure on lower atmosphere stability and its critical role in aerosol-planetary boundary layer (PBL) interactions[J],2020,20(6).
APA	Su T..,Li Z..,Li C..,Li J..,Han W..,...&Guo J..(2020).The significant impact of aerosol vertical structure on lower atmosphere stability and its critical role in aerosol-planetary boundary layer (PBL) interactions.Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,20(6).
MLA	Su T.,et al."The significant impact of aerosol vertical structure on lower atmosphere stability and its critical role in aerosol-planetary boundary layer (PBL) interactions".Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20.6(2020).