Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many develo** countries, such as China and India …

To obtain a thorough knowledge of PM 2. 5 chemical composition and its impact on aerosol
optical properties across China, existing field studies conducted after the year 2000 are …

East Asia is a major dust source in the world. Mineral dusts in the atmosphere and their
interactions with clouds and precipitation have great impacts on regional climate in Asia …

As the most populated region of the world, Asia is a major source of aerosols with potential
large impact over vast downstream areas. Papers published in this special section describe …

Spatio-temporal variation of aerosol optical properties and aerosol direct radiative effects
(ADRE) are studied based on high quality aerosol data at 21 sunphotometer stations with at …

Dust aerosols play key roles in affecting regional and global climate through their direct,
indirect, and semi-direct effects. Dust events have decreased rapidly since the 1980s in East …

A simple method for estimating the contributions of mineral dust to PM 2.5, PM 10, or TSP is
presented. The method is based on the assumption of external mixing of two types of …

To evaluate the impact of biomass burning from Southeast Asia to East Asia, this study
conducted numerical simulations during NASA's 2006 Biomass-burning Aerosols in South …

The latest regional climate model version 4 (RegCM4) coupled with a dust module
developed at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Italy) is used to simulate …

To improve understanding and capture the direct evidence of the impact of dust aerosol on
climate, the 2008 China‐US joint field campaigns are conducted. Three sites are involved …