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Understanding the formation and development processes of air pollution events is key to improving urban air quality. In this study, the air pollution episodes in stable synoptic conditions were selected to analyze the multi-phase evolution processes of heavy air pollution in Shanghai, a coastal city. The observation data and the WRF-CMAQ model were used to diagnose and simulate the pollution characteristics of the heavy pollution episodes. The results showed that the transport and dilution characteristics of PM 2.5  were different during autumn and winter in Shanghai as a receptor of pollution transport. The development of PM 2.5  pollution events were divided into four stages: accumulation stage, stagnation stage, enhancement stage, and dilution stage. The accumulation stage was before stable weather, and provided the foundations for PM 2.5  pollution. The stagnation stage was nighttime during stable weather, in which the low wind speed and temperature inversion weakened regional transport and the dilution of PM 2.5 , which was defined as “retention effect”. The “retention effect” played a dominant role during the stagnation stage, accounting for 71.2% and 41.2% of total PM 2.5  in winter and autumn case, respectively. The enhancement stage followed the stagnation stage, in which the newly regional transport was occurred due to stronger wind speed, accounting for 86.3% and 46.2% in winter and autumn episodes, respectively. The dilution stage was after the whole stable weather, when meteorological conditions were beneficial for PM 2.5  dilution. Local emissions were dominant (63.0%) for PM 2.5  pollution in the autumn case but regional transport was dominant (81.3%) in the winter case. Therefore, preventing the heavy particulate pollution caused by the diverse stable weather calls for the suitable emission control in a regional scale. Our study also shows that the simulation accuracy during stable weather needs to be improved in future studies.

Contributions of Regional Transport Versus Local Emissions and Their Retention Effects During PM2.5 Pollution Under Various Stable Weather in Shanghai