Analysis on Causes of Haze Formation and Prevention of Environmental Pollution in Puyang

Based on data of haze days observed by Puyang Meteorological Station of Henan Province from 1971 to 2012, climatic characteristics, causes and prevention countermeasures of haze in Puyang were discussed. The results showed that annual average haze days in Puyang tended to increase slightly over the past 42 years on the whole, and the increasing trend became obvious since the 1990s. Meanwhile, haze days in Puyang showed an obvious seasonal variation, that is, haze mainly appeared in autumn （from September to November） and winter （from December to next February）, and it was the most frequent in winter. Haze formation was closely related to meteorological and environment elements. Increase of calm wind in horizontal direction, inversion layer in vertical direction, and increase of suspended particulate matter could lead to aggregation of air pollutants, so that haze days increased. Some countermeasures against haze pollution, such as controlling pollution sources, limiting discharge of vehicle exhaust and industrial gases, and increasing green area, should be adopted to reduce haze harm to air quality and human health.

Characteristics and formation mechanism of regional haze episodes in the Pearl River Delta of China

To investigate the characteristics and the specific mechanism of continuous haze,comprehensive measurements were conducted from 15 October to 19 November in the Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Super-Station in Heshan of Guangdong province.Five haze episodes occurred in October and November 2014 in the Pearl River Delta（PRD）region. The meteorological parameters, gas data, chemical compositions, and optical parameters of the aerosols were obtained. Among these events, the second haze episode,with the highest concentration of PM2.5 of 187.51 μg/m^3, was the most severe. NO^3-was always higher than SO_4^（2-）, which indicated that motor vehicles played an important role in the haze, even though the oxidation rate from SO_2 to SO_4^（2-）was faster than that of NOXto NO_3^-. The difference between the hourly averages of Na＋and K＋during the haze episode and clean days was small, implying that straw combustion and sea salt had no significant effect on the occurrence of haze, and the backward trajectories of the air masses also conformed with this result. The air pollutants were difficult to disperse because of the significant decrease in the planetary boundary layer（PBL） height. Relative humidity played a crucial role in the formation of haze by leading to hygroscopic growth of the diameter of aerosols.

Spatial–temporal characteristics of haze and vertical distribution of aerosols over the Yangtze River Delta of China

Variation of haze events occurred in the Yangtze River Delta（YRD） of China, the characteristics of meteorological elements and the vertical distribution of aerosols during haze episodes were analyzed by utilizing data of ground observation, radiosonde and CALIPSO. The results illustrate that the frequency of haze events between 1981 and 2010 peaked in winter but bottomed out in summer and decreased from north to south in the YRD region, reaching at the lowest point in ＂low frequency center＂ - Shanghai. When haze happened, the most seriously affected area was 2-4 km above the ground and the concentrated range of total backscattering coefficient（TBC） that decreased with altitude was 0.8 × 10^（-3）-2.5 × 10^（-3） km^（-1）·sr^（-1）. Particulate depolarization ratio（PDR） was less than 40%in a large part and 93% aerosols over the YRD area were regular particles, while the irregular ones concentrated on 2 km above the surface and the irregularity rose up but the diversity diminished when altitude increased. Color ratio（CR） was lower than 1.2 mostly at all altitudes and distributed asymmetrically above the ground. Nearly 80% aerosols under10 km were fine particles（CR 〈1.0） clustered at 2-4 km. Large particles（CR 〉 1.2） aggregated in lower troposphere massively yet relatively smaller ones gathered in middle and upper troposphere. In the YRD region, aerosols with more powerful capabilities were wider and less regular than the ones of Northwestern China.