Drivers of PM2.5 air pollution deaths in China 2002–2017

G Geng, Y Zheng, Q Zhang, T Xue, H Zhao, D Tong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Between 2002 and 2017, China's gross domestic product grew by 284%, but this
surge was accompanied by a similarly prodigious growth in energy consumption, air …

[HTML][HTML] Mineral dust optical properties for remote sensing and global modeling: A review

P Castellanos, P Colarco, WR Espinosa… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dust plays a key role in many Earth system processes and is ubiquitous in the Martian
atmosphere. Various intensive field campaigns, laboratory analyses, space-based remote …

The dark target algorithm for observing the global aerosol system: Past, present, and future

LA Remer, RC Levy, S Mattoo, D Tanré, P Gupta, Y Shi… - Remote sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Dark Target aerosol algorithm was developed to exploit the information content
available from the observations of Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers …

Drivers of recent decline in dust activity over East Asia

C Wu, Z Lin, Y Shao, X Liu, Y Li - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
It is essential to understand the factors driving the recent decline of dust activity in East Asia
for future dust projections. Using a physically-based dust emission model, here we show that …

Robust evidence for reversal of the trend in aerosol effective climate forcing

J Quaas, H Jia, C Smith, AL Albright… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic aerosols exert a cooling influence that offsets part of the greenhouse gas
warming. Due to their short tropospheric lifetime of only several days, the aerosol forcing …

New insights into the Asian dust cycle derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements

Y Han, T Wang, J Tang, C Wang, B Jian… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A full understanding of the Asian dust cycle can help with evaluation of the profound impact
of mineral dust on human health, the ecosystem, the terrestrial and oceanic biogeochemical …

Environmental impacts of three Asian dust events in the northern China and the northwestern Pacific in spring 2021

T Zhang, M Zheng, X Sun, H Chen, Y Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In March 2021, China experienced three dust events (Dust-1, 2, 3), especially the
first of which was reported as the strongest one in recent ten years. Their environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Global dust optical depth climatology derived from CALIOP and MODIS aerosol retrievals on decadal timescales: regional and interannual variability

Q Song, Z Zhang, H Yu, P Ginoux… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We derived two observation-based global monthly mean dust aerosol optical depth (DAOD)
climatological datasets from 2007 to 2019 with a 2∘(latitude)× 5∘(longitude) spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding processes that control dust spatial distributions with global climate models and satellite observations

M Wu, X Liu, H Yu, H Wang, Y Shi… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Dust aerosol is important in modulating the climate system at local and global scales, yet its
spatiotemporal distributions simulated by global climate models (GCMs) are highly …

Trends in AOD, clouds, and cloud radiative effects in satellite data and CMIP5 and CMIP6 model simulations over aerosol source regions

R Cherian, J Quaas - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Several regions worldwide have seen significant trends in anthropogenic aerosol emissions
during the period of detailed satellite observations since 2001. Over Europe (EUR) and …