Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

Z Li, WKM Lau, V Ramanathan, G Wu… - Reviews of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

Haze days in North China and the associated atmospheric circulations based on daily visibility data from 1960 to 2012

H Chen, H Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Haze is a severe hazard that greatly influences traffic and daily life with great economic
losses and threats to human health. To enhance understanding of the haze occurrences …

Substantial contribution of anthropogenic air pollution to catastrophic floods in Southwest China

J Fan, D Rosenfeld, Y Yang, C Zhao… - Geophysical …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Extreme weather events have become more frequent and are likely linked to increases in
greenhouse gases and aerosols, which alter the Earth's radiative balance and cloud …

Progress in semi-arid climate change studies in China

J Huang, J Ma, X Guan, Y Li, Y He - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2019‏ - Springer
This article reviews recent progress in semi-arid climate change research in China. Results
indicate that the areas of semi-arid regions have increased rapidly during recent years in …

Changes in aerosol optical properties due to dust storms in the Middle East and Southwest Asia

K Alam, T Trautmann, T Blaschke, F Subhan - Remote sensing of …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Super dust storms occurred over the Middle East and southwest Asia on March 2012. These
storms reduced the air quality over the Gulf Region, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan. Airports were …

Advances in studying interactions between aerosols and monsoon in China

GX Wu, ZQ Li, CB Fu, XY Zhang, RY Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2016‏ - Springer
Scientific issues relevant to interactions between aerosols and the Asian monsoon climate
were discussed and evaluated at the 33rd “Forum of Science and Technology Frontiers” …

Distinct impact of different types of aerosols on surface solar radiation in China

X Yang, C Zhao, L Zhou, Y Wang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Observations of surface direct solar radiation (DSR) and visibility, particulate matter with
aerodynamic diameters less than 2.5 µm (PM2. 5), together with the aerosol optical …