Aerosol Distribution over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and Its Relationship with Ozone
ZHOU Ren-jun;CHEN Yue-juan;BI Yun;YI Ming-jian
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School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Using the HALOE data(from October 1991 to November 2005), the distributions and variations of aerosol number density, volume density, surface area density over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau(QXP) have been analyzed, and their relationships with ozone have been discussed, then the aerosol distribution and the relationship between aerosol and ozone over the QXP are compared with those over the eastern part of China and North Pacific. The followed conclusions are made: The influence of Pinatubo volcanic eruption on aerosol volume density, area density over the QXP appearedsignificantly in 1991 to 1995;however the effect on aerosol concentration was not as clear as the volume density and area density. Near the tropopause there is a higher value of aerosol concentration over the Plateau which locates beneath the tropopause(~120 hPa) in summer and above the tropopause(~100 hPa) in winter. The main differences in aerosol densities over QXP, the eastern part of China and North Pacific occur below 60 hPa. In summer the differences are the most notable: Aerosol concentration at 120 hPa over the QXP is 1.8 times as large as that over the Plain, and 5.5 times as large as that over the Ocean. Near the tropopause and in the low stratosphere, the aerosol concentration and ozone mixing ratio have a good negative correlation over the QXP, but they have a significant positive correlation above 20 hPa. Comparing the relationship between aerosol and ozone over the three regions, the results indicate: Near the tropopause and in the low stratosphere, aerosol concentration and ozone mixing ratio both have a good negative correlation over the QXP and over the Plain, but the correlation over the Ocean is not clear. Above 20 hPa aerosol concentration and ozone mixing ratio all appear a good positive correlation over the three regions.