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However, the characteristics of the nocturnal residual layer height (RLH) and its effect on urban environment pollution are unknown. In this study, the characteristics of the RLH and its effect on fine particles with diameters &lt;2.5 \u03bcm (PM2.5) were investigated using lidar data from January 2017 to December 2019. The results show that the RLH is highest in summer (1.55 \u00b1 0.55 km), followed by spring (1.40 \u00b1 0.58 km) and autumn (1.26 \u00b1 0.47 km), and is lowest in winter (1.11 \u00b1 0.44 km). The effect of surface meteorological factors on the RLH were also studied. The correlation coefficients (R) between the RLH and the temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and pressure were 0.38, \u22120.18, 0.15, and \u22120.36, respectively. The results indicate that the surface meteorological parameters exhibit a slight correlation with the RLH, but the high relative humidity was accompanied by a low RLH and high PM2.5 concentrations. Finally, the influence of the RLH on PM2.5 was discussed under different aerosol-loading periods. The aerosol optical depth (AOD) was employed to represent the total amount of pollutants. The results show that the RLH has an effect on PM2.5 when the AOD is small but has almost no effect on PM2.5 when the AOD is high. In addition, the R between the nighttime mean RLH and the following daytime PM2.5 at low AOD is \u22120.49, suggesting that the RLH may affect the following daytime surface PM2.5. The results of this study have a guiding significance for understanding the interaction between aerosols and the boundary layer.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13224717","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,1]],"date-time":"2021-12-01T01:45:02Z","timestamp":1638323102000},"page":"4717","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Variations in Nocturnal Residual Layer Height and Its Effects on Surface PM2.5 over Wuhan, China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8159-5039","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xin","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Weicheng","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"},{"name":"School of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Yingying","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0938-4202","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shikuan","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Boming","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Gong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Stull, R.B. 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