Comment on “Insignificant effect of climate change on winter haze pollution in Beijing” by Shen et al. (2018)

R. Liu; L. Mao; S. C. Liu; Y. Zhang; H. Liao; H. Chen; Y. Wang

doi:10.5194/acp-19-8563-2019

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Jul 2019)

Comment on “Insignificant effect of climate change on winter haze pollution in Beijing” by Shen et al. (2018)

R. Liu,
L. Mao,
S. C. Liu,
Y. Zhang,
H. Liao,
H. Chen,
Y. Wang

Affiliations

R. Liu: Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
L. Mao: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
S. C. Liu: Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
Y. Zhang: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
H. Liao: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
H. Chen: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Y. Wang: School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8563-2019
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19
pp. 8563 – 8568

Abstract

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The recent paper by Shen et al. (2018) (referred to hereafter as SHEN) made a sweeping statement on the winter haze pollution in Beijing by claiming “Insignificant effect of climate change on winter haze in Beijing”. We argue that the paper contains three serious flaws. Either one of the three flaws can nullify the claim of SHEN.

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