中天山北坡温度廓线特征及其对大气污染的影响

doi:10.13866/j.azr.2025.11.04

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Urban agglomeration on the northern slope of the Central Tianshan Mountains ranks among the most serious air-pollution problems in China. The impact of temperature inversion over local complex terrain on air pollution has been poorly understood for many years. Here, we derive the wintertime temperature profiles from data obtained by triplicate ground-based microwave radiometers (MWRs) deployed along an elevational transect (613-935 m above sea level) in the Urumqi Valley, Middle Tianshan Mountains, from November 2023 to March 2024. Based on concurrent radiosonde profiles and air-quality monitoring data, we verify the vertical credibility of MWR temperature retrievals, analyze the elevational dependence of the temperature inversion characteristics, and relate the temperature inversion to pollution regime. The MWR and radiosonde data are consistent below 2000 m (R>0.94) and the MWR retrievals can capture the vertical evolution of temperature stratification. In winter, the temperature difference between the top and bottom of the inversion layer and the thickness of the inversion layer in the urban area from south to north increase by 2.1 ℃ and 186 m, respectively, for each 100 m decrease in altitude. Diurnal evolution shows that nocturnal surface-based inversions dominate the valley with maximum inversion at 08:00 Beijing time (top-to-bottom temperature difference of ΔT=9.1℃; inversion layer thickness=1300 m) at low-elevation sites. Post-sunrise, southern Urumqi experiences inversion dissipation while the central and northern sections of the city experience elevated and surface-based inversions, respectively, indicating post-sunrise heterogeneity. As the air quality index (AQI) rises from grade I to grade IV, the thickness of the inversion layer, ΔT, and intensity of the temperature inversion synchronously increase at different altitudes. The ΔT increases by 2-6 ℃. At AQI of grade V or higher, the above inversion parameters slightly decrease from those at grade IV. This change indicates that temperature inversion on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains aggravates the pollution problem. The most serious stage of pollution may be contributed by additional factors such as regional transport and chemical transformation.

Key words: gradient distribution, temperature profile, temperature inversion, air pollution, the northern slope of the Central Tianshan Mountains

LIU Zonghui, LI Xia, CHENG Kai, LI Shuting, MU Huan, LI Huoqing, ZHONG Yuting, Mauren AYIKAN, XIA Xiangao, FU Disong. Temperature profile characteristics of the northern slope of the Central Tianshan Mountains with the gradient distribution of altitude and its influence on air pollution[J].Arid Zone Research, 2025, 42(11): 1994-2004.

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	地点	02:00	05:00	8:00	11:00	14:00	17:00	20:00	23:00
逆温层底高度/m	KJL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	HST	0	0	0	175	425	300	150	0
	MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
逆温层顶高度/m	KJL	600	600	700	400	100	100	400	500
	HST	1050	1050	1050	1250	1500	1300	1100	1000
	MD	1300	1300	1300	1300	900	900	1100	1300
逆温层厚度/m	KJL	600	600	700	400	100	100	400	500
	HST	1050	1050	1050	1075	1075	1000	950	1000
	MD	1300	1300	1300	1300	900	900	1100	1300
逆温层顶底温差/℃	KJL	1.9	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1	1.6
	HST	5.3	5.4	5.9	4.7	5.9	5	4.2	4.6
	MD	8.5	8.9	9.1	5.7	2.3	2.9	6	7.6
逆温强度/[℃·（100m）^-1]	KJL	0.32	0.35	0.33	0.18	0.10	0.30	0.25	0.32
	HST	0.50	0.51	0.56	0.44	0.55	0.50	0.44	0.46
	MD	0.65	0.68	0.70	0.44	0.26	0.32	0.55	0.58

	地点	Ⅰ级日	Ⅱ级日	Ⅲ级日	Ⅳ级日	Ⅴ~Ⅵ级日
逆温层顶高度/m	KJL	200	800	900	1000	900
	HST	100	1200	1000	1250	1000
	MD	900	1350	1350	1500	1500
逆温层厚度/m	KJL	200	800	900	1000	900
	HST	100	1000	1000	1250	1000
	MD	850	1350	1350	1500	1500
逆温层顶底温差/℃	KJL	0.4	2.6	4.8	7.8	7.5
	HST	0.9	6.0	8.8	14.3	13.2
	MD	3.9	10.2	12.1	15.5	14.6
逆温强度/[℃·（100m）^-1]	KJL	0.15	0.33	0.53	0.78	0.83
	HST	0.90	0.50	0.88	1.14	1.32
	MD	0.46	0.76	0.90	1.03	0.97

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