Abstract:In this study,based on the routine pollutant monitoring data,satellite data,reanalysis data,backward trajectory models,etc.,the causes and characteristics of a strong dust weather process which occurred in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in 2017 was analyzed.The study results showed that the synoptic situation of the cold front was what had mainly led to this process,along with the continuous supplement of cold air after the trough.The major sand-dust sources were located in the Badan Jilin Desert and Tengger Desert.Backward trajectory simulation suggested that the contribution to the increasing dust in the Beijing-Tian-Hebei region originated from the northwest.In addition,the cities surrounding the northwest long-distance trajectories suffered from different levels of pollution.The sensible heat flux increased rapidly in the sand-dust sources,which combined with the cold advection in the middle and lower layers,in turn enhancing the unstable stratification and promoting the sediment discharge.The strong,high-level wind speed strengthened and continued to extend downward.The secondary circulation in the middle and low levels developed,which not only transferred and descended the dust particles,but also caused the high momentum and high potential vorticity of the upper level to pass downward.The low-level jet and systems were formed and developed,thereby maintaining the strong wind and dust weather.The negative horizontal helicity had a high correspondence with the occurrence area of dust weather.When the dust weather was passing through,the dust type aerosol appeared between the surface and a height of 4 km.In addition,the concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 exhibited high consistence in variation,and led to the level of severe pollution.Furthermore,the values of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and air quality index (AQI) had a high correlation in both the spatial and temporal distributions.The temporal and spatial distributions showed that the value of AOD exceeded 1 during the high pollution period,and dropped below 0.6 when the extent of pollution gradually decreased.