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DOI	10.5194/acp-22-7905-2022
	Record-breaking dust loading during two mega dust storm events over northern China in March 2021: aerosol optical and radiative properties and meteorological drivers
	Gui, Ke; Yao, Wenrui; Che, Huizheng; An, Linchang; Zheng, Yu; Li, Lei; Zhao, Hujia; Zhang, Lei; Zhong, Junting; Wang, Yaqiang; Zhang, Xiaoye
发表日期	2022
ISSN	1680-7316
EISSN	1680-7324
起始页码	7905
结束页码	7932
卷号	22 期号:12 页码:28
英文摘要	Although a remarkable reduction in the frequency of sand and dust storms (SDSs) in the past several decades has been reported over northern China (NC), two unexpected mega SDSs occurred on 15-20 and 27-29 March 2021 (abbreviated as the 3.15 and 3.27 SDS events), which has reawakened widespread concern. This study characterizes the optical, microphysical, and radiative properties of aerosols and their meteorological drivers during these two SDS events using the Sun photometer observations in Beijing and a comprehensive set of multiple satellite (including MODIS, VIIRS, CALIOP, and Himawari-8) and ground-based observations (including the CMA visibility network and AD-Net) combined with atmospheric reanalysis data. Moreover, a long-term (2000-2021) dust optical depth (DOD) dataset retrieved from MODIS measurements was also utilized to evaluate the historical ranking of the dust loading in NC during dust events. During the 3.15 and 3.27 events, the invasion of dust plumes greatly degraded the visibility over large areas of NC, with extreme low visibility of 50 and 500 m recorded at most sites on 15 and 28 March, respectively. Despite the shorter duration of the 3.27 event relative to the 3.15 event, sun photometer and satellite observations in Beijing recorded a larger peak AOD (similar to 2.5) in the former than in the latter (similar to 2.0), which was mainly attributed to the short-term intrusion of coarse-mode dust particles with larger effective radii (similar to 1.9 mu m) and volume concentrations (similar to 2.0 mu m(3) mu m(-2)) during the 3.27 event. The shortwave direct aerosol radiative forcing induced by dust was estimated to be -92.1 and -111.4 W m(-2) at the top of the atmosphere, -184.7 and -296.2 Wm(-2) at the surface, and +92.6 and +184.8 Wm(-2) in the atmosphere in Beijing during the 3.15 and 3.27 events, respectively. CALIOP observations show that during the 3.15 event the dust plume was lifted to an altitude of 4-8 km, and its range of impact extended from the dust source to the eastern coast of China. In contrast, the lifting height of the dust plume during the 3.27 event was lower than that during the 3.15 event, which was also confirmed by ground-based lidar observations. The MODIS-retrieved DOD data registered these two massive SDS events as the most intense episode in the same period in history over the past 2 decades. These two extreme SDS events were associated with both atmospheric circulation extremes and local meteorological anomalies that favored enhanced dust emissions in the Gobi Desert (GD) across southern Mongolia and NC. Meteorological analysis revealed that both SDS events were triggered by an exceptionally strong Mongolian cyclone generated at nearly the same location (along the central and eastern plateau of Inner Mongolia) in conjunction with a surface-level cold high-pressure system at the rear, albeit with differences in magnitude and spatial extent of impact. In the GD, the early melting of spring snow caused by near-surface temperature anomalies over dust source regions, together with negative soil moisture anomalies induced by decreased precipitation, formed drier and barer soil surfaces, which allowed for increased emissions of dust into the atmosphere by strongly enhanced surface winds generated by the Mongolian cyclone.
学科领域	Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000812325000001
来源期刊	ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/273257
作者单位	Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS); Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS); Fudan University; Fudan University; China Meteorological Administration; China Meteorological Administration
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gui, Ke,Yao, Wenrui,Che, Huizheng,et al. Record-breaking dust loading during two mega dust storm events over northern China in March 2021: aerosol optical and radiative properties and meteorological drivers[J],2022,22(12):28.
APA	Gui, Ke.,Yao, Wenrui.,Che, Huizheng.,An, Linchang.,Zheng, Yu.,...&Zhang, Xiaoye.(2022).Record-breaking dust loading during two mega dust storm events over northern China in March 2021: aerosol optical and radiative properties and meteorological drivers.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,22(12),28.
MLA	Gui, Ke,et al."Record-breaking dust loading during two mega dust storm events over northern China in March 2021: aerosol optical and radiative properties and meteorological drivers".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 22.12(2022):28.