Radiative absorption enhancement of dust mixed with anthropogenic pollution over East Asia

Tian, Pengfei; Zhang, Lei; Ma, Jianmin; Tang, Kai; Xu, Lili; Wang, Yuan; Cao, Xianjie; Liang, Jiening; Ji, Yuemeng; Jiang, Jonathan H.; Yung, Yuk L.; Zhang, Renyi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7815-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7815-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7815-2018

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04 Jun 2018

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| 04 Jun 2018

Radiative absorption enhancement of dust mixed with anthropogenic pollution over East Asia

Pengfei Tian, Lei Zhang, Jianmin Ma, Kai Tang, Lili Xu, Yuan Wang, Xianjie Cao, Jiening Liang, Yuemeng Ji, Jonathan H. Jiang, Yuk L. Yung, and Renyi Zhang

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SC1: 'Beware of AERONET data usage policy', Sheng-Hsiang Wang, 31 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Response to SC1 by Sheng-Hsiang Wang', Pengfei Tian, 15 Mar 2018
RC1: 'commments on acp-2018-19', Anonymous Referee #3, 11 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Response to RC1 by Referee #3', Pengfei Tian, 16 May 2018

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The mixing of dust and anthropogenic pollution over East Asia plays a significant yet poorly quantified role in aerosol radiative effects. We have found that radiative absorption of the East Asian aerosol mixtures are significantly enhanced. Our results show that the interaction between dust and anthropogenic pollution not only represents a viable aerosol formation pathway but also results in unfavorable dispersion conditions, both exacerbating the regional air pollution in East Asia.