Scattering and absorbing aerosols in the climate system

J Li, BE Carlson, YL Yung, D Lv, J Hansen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropospheric anthropogenic aerosols contribute the second-largest forcing to climate
change, but with high uncertainty owing to their spatio-temporal variability and complicated …

Ambient fine particulate matter and ozone pollution in China: synergy in anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Y Jiang, S Wang, J Xing, B Zhao, S Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since 2013, China has taken a series of actions to relieve serious PM 2.5 pollution. As a
result, the annual PM 2.5 concentration decreased by more than 50% from 2013 to 2021 …

Sensitivity of cloud microphysics to aerosol is highly associated with cloud water content: Implications for indirect radiative forcing

Y Wang, H Jia, P Zhang, F Fang, J Li, L Zhu… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
The sensitivity of cloud microphysics to aerosol loading, quantified by the aerosol-cloud
interactions (ACI) index, plays a crucial role in calculating the radiative forcing due to ACI …

Modeling the impact of future climate change impacts on rainfed durum wheat production in Algeria

T Kourat, D Smadhi, A Madani - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
The predicted climate change threatens food security in the coming years in Algeria. So, this
study aims to assess the impact of future climate change on a key crop in Algeria which is …

Heterogeneous changes of chemical compositions, sources and health risks of PM2. 5 with the “Clean Heating” policy at urban/suburban/industrial sites

Z Li, J Liu, Z Zhai, C Liu, Z Ren, Z Yue, D Yang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
China has enacted the “Clean Heating”(CH) policy in north China. The domain-specific
impacts on PM 2.5 constituents and sources in small cities are still lacking, which obstruct …

Global clear-sky aerosol speciated direct radiative effects over 40 years (1980–2019)

MB Korras-Carraca, A Gkikas, C Matsoukas… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
We assess the 40-year climatological clear-sky global direct radiative effect (DRE) of five
main aerosol types using the MERRA-2 reanalysis and a spectral radiative transfer model …

[HTML][HTML] Contrasting source contributions of Arctic black carbon to atmospheric concentrations, deposition flux, and atmospheric and snow radiative effects

H Matsui, T Mori, S Ohata, N Moteki… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Black carbon (BC) particles in the Arctic contribute to rapid warming of the Arctic by heating
the atmosphere and snow and ice surfaces. Understanding the source contributions to Arctic …

Hydrogen peroxide serves as pivotal fountainhead for aerosol aqueous sulfate formation from a global perspective

J Gao, H Wang, W Liu, H Xu, Y Wei, X Tian… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Traditional atmospheric chemistry posits that sulfur dioxide (SO2) can be oxidized to sulfate
(SO42–) through aqueous-phase reactions in clouds and gas-phase oxidation. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of land use change on the surface albedo and climate change in the qinling-daba mountains

F Zhao, X Lan, W Li, W Zhu, T Li - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Land use changes affect the surface radiative budget and energy balance by changing the
surface albedo, which generates radiative forcing, impacting the regional and global climate …

Aerosol direct radiative forcing over China: A 40-year MERRA-2-based evaluation

X Zhang, Y Zhou - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerosol direct radiative forcing (ADRF) has substantial impacts on regional and global
climate changes, whereas it remains one of the largest uncertainties among various climate …