Source, route and effect of Asian sand dust on environment and the oceans--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Zhang, K., Chai, F., Zhang, R., & Xue, Z. (2010). Source, route and effect of Asian sand dust on environment and the oceans. Particuology, 8(4), 319-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2010.03.016

Source, route and effect of Asian sand dust on environment and the oceans

Kai Zhang ^a *, Fahe Chai ^a, Renjian Zhang ^b, Zhigang Xue ^a

a Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
b Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

10.1016/j.partic.2010.03.016

Volume 8, Issue 4, August 2010, Pages 319-324

Received 23 May 2008, Accepted 10 March 2010, Available online 3 July 2010.

E-mail: zhangk96@163.com

Highlights

Abstract

We summarize in this overview achievements in current research frontiers in Asian sand dust with emphasis on the method for sand dust research, the sources of sand dust aerosols, emission of sand dust, mechanism of sand dust weather, chemical transformation during transport, and influences on climatic environment and oceans. Our main results show that most of Asian sand dust comes from Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, arid and semiarid desert areas in northwest China, which is divided into initial sources and enhanced sources. Half of the global production of dust originates from Asian dust source regions. Asian dust weather is so immense that it can cover a 5–7-day journey from the sources to the Korean Peninsula, Japan Islands, and the Pacific Ocean to even impact North America. Asian dust weather plays an active role in the biogeochemical cycles of trace elements in the mid-latitude Northern Hemisphere.

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Keywords

Asian sand dust; Characteristic; Source; Transport

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