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DOI | 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118348 |
Impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime East Asian dust emission over 1982–2010: A modeling study | |
Tai A.P.K.; Ma P.H.L.; Chan Y.-C.; Chow M.-K.; Ridley D.A.; Kok J.F. | |
发表日期 | 2021 |
ISSN | 1352-2310 |
卷号 | 254 |
英文摘要 | Mineral dust is an important player in global air quality and climate, but little is known about its variability and trends under the simultaneous influence of climate and land cover changes, particularly in East Asia where intense land cover change has occurred in recent decades. Here we determined the interannual variability and trends in dust emission from the main East Asian dust sources and examined to what extent these variations and trends were driven by climatic or land cover changes. We first optimized the dust emission module in the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model with better representation of dust physics and dependence on vegetation and wind variability. We then conducted simulations to quantify the impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime dust emission over 1982–2010 from the Teklimakan Desert, Gobi Desert and the whole East Asian desert domain. We found that dust emission from Gobi decreased substantially from the 1980s to 1990s, and then slightly increased toward the 2000s, leading to an overall reduction by 35% over the whole period. These changes were predominantly driven by meteorological changes and the effects of land cover change were negligible. Dust emission from Teklimakan increased from the 1980s to 1990s, but decreased afterward, leading to an overall reduction by 20%, albeit with large interannual variability. The overall trend was attributable to a consistent reduction in dust emission due to enhanced vegetation density in the periphery of the desert, accompanied by larger but more varying changes due to meteorological factors. Time series comparison and regression analysis indicated that in both deserts (especially Gobi), surface wind speed, followed by total precipitation, was the most important meteorological factor controlling dust variability and trends, with the weakening of wind playing the largest role in the overall decline in dust emission over the whole period. Overall, the interannual variability and trends of East Asian dust emission are largely shaped by climatic factors, with the land cover playing secondary but locally important roles, especially in the semiarid and non-desert regions undergoing rapid land cover change and desertification. © 2021 The Authors |
关键词 | Chemical transport modelClimate changeDust emissionEast Asian dustLand cover change |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Air quality; Arid regions; Climate models; Dust; Landforms; Regression analysis; Time series analysis; Vegetation; Wind; % reductions; Asian dust; Chemical transport models; Dust emission; East asian dust; Interannual variability; Land cover variability; Land-cover change; Meteorological factors; Model study; Climate change; air quality; annual variation; chemical pollutant; land cover; mineral dust; numerical model; article; climate change; controlled study; desert; desertification; human; land use; physics; precipitation; simulation; time series analysis; vegetation; wind speed; Gobi Desert |
来源期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/248446 |
作者单位 | Earth System Science Programme and Graduate Division of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong; State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Monitoring & Laboratory Division, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA, United States; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tai A.P.K.,Ma P.H.L.,Chan Y.-C.,等. Impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime East Asian dust emission over 1982–2010: A modeling study[J],2021,254. |
APA | Tai A.P.K.,Ma P.H.L.,Chan Y.-C.,Chow M.-K.,Ridley D.A.,&Kok J.F..(2021).Impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime East Asian dust emission over 1982–2010: A modeling study.ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT,254. |
MLA | Tai A.P.K.,et al."Impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime East Asian dust emission over 1982–2010: A modeling study".ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT 254(2021). |
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