Comparison of key absorption and optical properties between pure and transported anthropogenic dust over East and Central Asia

Bi, Jianrong; Huang, Jianping; Holben, Brent; Zhang, Guolong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15501-2016

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Anthropogenic dust and its climate impact

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15501-2016

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15 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 15 Dec 2016

Comparison of key absorption and optical properties between pure and transported anthropogenic dust over East and Central Asia

Jianrong Bi, Jianping Huang, Brent Holben, and Guolong Zhang

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Final revised paper (published on 15 Dec 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments to acp-2016-764', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Response to-Reviewer#1(acp-2016-764)', Jianrong Bi, 17 Oct 2016
  - AC2: 'Response to-Reviewer#2(acp-2016-764)', Jianrong Bi, 17 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Comments on Jianrong Bi et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2016
- AC4: 'Response to-Reviewer#2(acp-2016-764)', Jianrong Bi, 18 Oct 2016
RC3: 'Referee Comment in the interactive discussion for the paper: “Comparison of key absorption and optical properties between pure and transported anthropogenic dust over East and Central Asia”, by Jianrong Bi et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 14 Oct 2016
- AC3: 'Response to-Referee#3(acp-2016-764)', Jianrong Bi, 18 Oct 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jianrong Bi on behalf of the Authors (09 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Nov 2016) by Kenji Kai

AR by Jianrong Bi on behalf of the Authors (23 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Dating absorptive capacity of Asian dust is still an outstanding issue. In this study, we identify two types of Asian dust: Pure Dust (PDU) and Transported Anthropogenic Dust (TDU). Overall average SSA, ASY, Re, and Ri at 550 nm for PDU are 0.935, 0.742, 1.526, and 0.00226, respectively, with 0.921, 0.723, 1.521, and 0.00364 for TDU. Our results promise to update and improve accuracy of Asian dust characteristics in present-day remote sensing applications and regional climate models.