Abstract:A lasting haze pollution event occurred in the central and East China in December, 2013. A field study on size distribution, number concentrations of aerosol particle with the diameter between 13.6-20 000 nm has been conducted by using Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS) and Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) during the haze period in Nanjing. Besides, the main meteorological parameters and chemical composition of particles, were also collected simultaneously. Results indicated that the particles in haze day are mainly accumulation mode, and the increasing of the particles between 500-1 000 nm and 1 000-2 500 nm was the main reason of the low visibility in haze days. With the increasing of relative humidity, the number concentrations of particles, as a function of the diameter, gradually reduced for particles in 13.6-100 nm (ultrafine particle), but increased for particles above 100 nm. The number concentrations of particles between 500-1 000 nm and 1 000-2 500 nm in diameter were obviously influenced by relative humidity and the secondary transformation of the gaseous contaminants (SO2,NOX). During the haze days, the number concentrations of particles were mainly influenced by the emission from southeasterly and northeasterly wind, and negatively related with wind speed. The influence of temperature on the particle number concentrations was obviously in 13.6 nm and 100 nm in diameter. The boundary layer height negatively correlated with the ultrafine particle. The intensity of inversion layer particularly impacted on the ultrafine particle.