Optical and microphysical properties of natural mineral dust and anthropogenic soil dust near dust source regions over northwestern China

Wang, Xin; Wen, Hui; Shi, Jinsen; Bi, Jianrong; Huang, Zhongwei; Zhang, Beidou; Zhou, Tian; Fu, Kaiqi; Chen, Quanliang; Xin, Jinyuan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2119-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2119-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2119-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

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14 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 14 Feb 2018

Optical and microphysical properties of natural mineral dust and anthropogenic soil dust near dust source regions over northwestern China

Xin Wang, Hui Wen, Jinsen Shi, Jianrong Bi, Zhongwei Huang, Beidou Zhang, Tian Zhou, Kaiqi Fu, Quanliang Chen, and Jinyuan Xin

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A ground-based mobile laboratory was deployed near the dust source regions over northwestern China. We not only captured natural dust but also characterized the properties of anthropogenic soil dust produced by agricultural cultivations. The results indicate that large differences were found between the optical and microphysical properties of anthropogenic and natural dust.