Haze-to-fogtransformationduringalonglasting,lowvisibilityepisodewasexaminedusingtheobservationsfromacomprehensivefieldcampaignconductedinNanjing,Chinaduring4-9December2013.Inthisepisode,hazewastransformedintofogandthefoglastedfordozensofhours.Theimpactsofmeteorologicalfactorssuchaswind,temperature（T）andrelativehumidity（RH）onhaze,transitionandfogduringthisepisodewereinvestigated.Resultsrevealedsignificantdifferencesbetweenhazeandfogdays,duetotheirdifferentformationmechanisms.Comparisonwasmadeforboundary-layerconditionsduringhazydays,haze-to-fogdaysandfoggydays.DistributionsofwindspeedandwinddirectionaswellassynopticweatherconditionsaroundNanjinghaddeterminativeimpactsontheoccurrencesandcharacteristicsofhazeandfog.WeakenedsoutherlywindinsouthernNanjingresultedinhighconcentrationofpollutants,andhazeeventsoccurredfrequentlyduringthestudyperiod.Thewindspeedwaslessthan1ms-1inthehazeevent,whichresultedinastableatmosphericconditionandweakdispersionofthepollutants.Theheightofthetemperatureinversionwasabout400mduringtheperiod.Theinversionintensitywasweakandthetemperature-differencewas4℃km-1orlessinhaze,whiletheinversionwasstronger,andtemperature-differencewasabout6℃km-1,approachingtheinversionlayerintensityinthefogevent.HazeeventisstronglyinfluencedbyambientRH.RHvaluesincreased,whichresultedinhazedaysevidentlyincreased,suggestingthatanincreasingfractionofhazeeventsbecausedbyhygroscopicgrowthofaerosols,ratherthansimplybyhighaerosolloading.WhenRHwasabove90%,hazeaerosolsstartedtobetransformedfromhazetofog.Thisstudycallsformoreeffortstocontrolemissionstopreventhazeeventsintheregion.
