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 …

Formation of urban fine particulate matter

R Zhang, G Wang, S Guo, ML Zamora, Q Ying… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

Z Li, J Guo, A Ding, H Liao, J Liu, Y Sun… - National Science …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Air quality is concerned with pollutants in both the gas phase and solid or liquid phases. The
latter are referred to as aerosols, which are multifaceted agents affecting air quality, weather …

Climate effects of dust aerosols over East Asian arid and semiarid regions

J Huang, T Wang, W Wang, Z Li… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Climatological aspects of the optical properties of fine/coarse mode aerosol mixtures

TF Eck, BN Holben, A Sinyuk, RT Pinker… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol mixtures composed of coarse mode desert dust combined with fine mode
combustion generated aerosols (from fossil fuel and biomass burning sources) were …

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 …

Uncertainties in satellite remote sensing of aerosols and impact on monitoring its long-term trend: a review and perspective

Z Li, X Zhao, R Kahn, M Mishchenko… - Annales …, 2009 - angeo.copernicus.org
As a result of increasing attention paid to aerosols in climate studies, numerous global
satellite aerosol products have been generated. Aerosol parameters and underlining …

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 …

Increase of wintertime fog in China: Potential impacts of weakening of the Eastern Asian monsoon circulation and increasing aerosol loading

F Niu, Z Li, C Li, KH Lee, M Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Fog is a severe weather hazard that greatly influences traffic and daily life with potentially
heavy economic loss. An increasing number of traffic accidents caused by fog have been …