The relationship between anthropogenic dust and population over global  semi-arid regions

Guan, Xiaodan; Huang, Jianping; Zhang, Yanting; Xie, Yongkun; Liu, Jingjing

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5159-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5159-2016

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Anthropogenic dust and its climate impact

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5159-2016

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25 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 25 Apr 2016

The relationship between anthropogenic dust and population over global semi-arid regions

Xiaodan Guan, Jianping Huang, Yanting Zhang, Yongkun Xie, and Jingjing Liu

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Final revised paper (published on 25 Apr 2016)
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RC1: 'Review comments of “The impact of human activity on anthropogenic dust emission over global semi-arid regions” by Guan et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Jianping Huang, 11 Mar 2016
RC2: 'The impact of human activity on anthropogenic dust emission over global semi-arid regions', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Jianping Huang, 11 Mar 2016

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

AR by Jianping Huang on behalf of the Authors (23 Mar 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Mar 2016) by David Covert

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Apr 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Apr 2016)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (08 Apr 2016) by David Covert

AR by Jianping Huang on behalf of the Authors (09 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Apr 2016) by David Covert

AR by Jianping Huang on behalf of the Authors (14 Apr 2016)

Short summary

An obvious peak in the total anthropogenic dust column, with much higher magnitude than those of wet regions, was observed in semi-arid regions. The anthropogenic dust column burden of semi-arid takes a positively correlated with the population and population change, indicating the production of anthropogenic dust in semi-arid regions is partly induced by human activities.