Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-389-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-389-2026
Research article
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19 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 19 Jan 2026

Hygroscopic growth characteristics of anthropogenic aerosols over central China revealed by lidar observations

Dongzhe Jing, Yun He, Zhenping Yin, Detlef Müller, Kaiming Huang, and Fan Yi

Data sets

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

Radiosonde data University of Wyoming Atmospheric Science Radiosonde Archive https://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.shtml

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Short summary
We statistically analyze the hygroscopic growth characteristics of urban anthropogenic aerosols over Wuhan, a megacity over central China, using lidar observations and Hänel parameterization from 2010 to 2024. Aerosol hygroscopic parameter γ increases from 2014 to 2017 and stabilizes at high levels afterwards, aligning with the changes in NO2-to-SO2 concentration ratio. Moreover, no evident differences are found across seasons, as well as between the free troposphere and boundary layer.
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