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Stratosphere-to-troposphere transport (STT), as the primary natural source of tropospheric ozone, may have a non-negligible contribution to ground-level ozone. Rossby wave breaking (RWB) is a leading mechanism that triggers STT, which can be categorized as anticyclonic wave breakings (AWBs) and cyclonic wave breakings (CWBs). This study uses an objective method to diagnose AWBs and CWBs and to investigate their influence on the surface ozone in eastern China using ground-based ozone observations, satellite ozone data from AIRS, a stratospheric ozone tracer simulated by CAM-chem, and meteorological fields from MERRA-2. The results indicate that AWBs occur mainly and frequently over northeast China, while CWBs occur mostly over the northern Sea of Japan. STTs triggered by AWBs mainly have sinking areas over the North China Plain, increasing the ground-level ozone concentrations by 5\u201310 ppbv in eastern China. The downwelling zones in the CWBs extend from Mongolia to the East China Sea, potentially causing an elevation of 5\u201310 ppbv of ozone in both central and eastern China. This study gives an overview of the impacts of AWBs and CWBs on surface ozone in eastern China and helps to improve our understanding of summertime ozone pollution in eastern China.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15102647","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,19]],"date-time":"2023-05-19T09:23:10Z","timestamp":1684488190000},"page":"2647","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["The Stratosphere-to-Troposphere Transport Related to Rossby Wave Breaking and Its Impact on Summertime Ground-Level Ozone in Eastern China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0643-3053","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hongyue","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Atmospheric Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9844-9206","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wuke","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Atmospheric Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China"},{"name":"Centre for Severe Weather and Climate and Hydro-Geological Hazards, Wuhan 430078, China"},{"name":"Research Centre for Complex Air Pollution of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430078, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster (KLME), Ministry of Education & Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3699-2163","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ming","family":"Shangguan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China"}]},{"given":"Tianyi","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Meteorological Service Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430074, China"}]},{"given":"Jin","family":"Hong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Atmospheric Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China"}]},{"given":"Shuyun","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Atmospheric Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China"},{"name":"Centre for Severe Weather and Climate and Hydro-Geological Hazards, Wuhan 430078, China"},{"name":"Research Centre for Complex Air Pollution of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430078, China"}]},{"given":"Jintao","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Atmospheric Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"IPCC (2013). 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