It is still not well understood if subseasonal variability of the local PM2.5 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei(BTH)region is affected by the stratospheric state.Using PM2.5 observations and the ERA5 reanalysis,the evolution of the air quality in BTH during the January 2021 sudden stratospheric warming(SSW)is explored.The subseasonal variability of the PM2.5 concentration after the SSW onset is evidently enhanced.Stratospheric circumpolar easterly anomalies lasted for 53 days during the January-February 2021 SSW with two evident stratospheric pulses arriving at the ground.During the tropospheric wave weakening period and the intermittent period of dormant stratospheric pulses,the East Asian winter monsoon weakened,anomalous temperature inversion developed in the lower troposphere,anomalous surface southerlies prevailed,atmospheric moisture increased,and the boundary layer top height lowered,all of which favor the accumulation of pollutant particulates,leading to two periods of pollution processes in the BTH region.In the phase of strengthened East Asian winter monsoon around the very beginning of the SSW and another two periods when stratospheric pulses had reached the near surface,opposite-signed circulation patterns and meteorological conditions were observed,which helped to dilute and diffuse air pollutants in the BTH region.As a result,the air quality was excellent during the two periods when the stratospheric pulse had reached the near surface.The increased subseasonal variation of the regional pollutant particulates after the SSW onset highlights the important role of the stratosphere in the regional environment and provides implications for the environmental prediction.

Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster,Ministry of Education(KLME)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change(ILCEC)/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters(CIC-FEMD),Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology,Nanjing 210044,China;Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Ecological Environment of Hebei Province,Shijiazhuang 050021,China;Beijing Regional Climate Center,Beijing 100089,China

[1]Qian LU;Jian RAO;Chunhua SHI;Dong GUO;Ji WANG;Zhuoqi LIANG;Tian WANG-.Observational Subseasonal Variability of the PM2.5 Concentration in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Area during the January 2021 Sudden Stratospheric Warming)[J].大气科学进展（英文版）,2022(10):1623-1636

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