Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4201-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4201-2018
Research article
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27 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 27 Mar 2018

Climatic factors contributing to long-term variations in surface fine dust concentration in the United States

Bing Pu and Paul Ginoux

Data sets

IMPROVE (Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments): Spatial and seasonal patterns and temporal variability of haze and its constituents in the United States J. L., Hand, S. A. Copeland, D. E. Day, A. M. Dillner, H. Indresand, W. C. Malm, C. E. McDade, C. T. Moore, M. L. Pitchford, B. A. Schichtel, and J. G. Watson http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/Improve/spatial-and-seasonal-patterns-and-temporal-variability-of-haze-and-its-constituents-in-the-united-states-report-v-june-2011/

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) M. Claverie, E. Vermote, and NOAA-CDR-Program https://doi.org/10.7289/V5M043BX

Status and performance of the CALIOP lidar D. M. Winker, W. Hunt, and C. Hostetler https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571955

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Fine dust (< 2.5 microns) is an important component of the total PM2.5 mass in the western and central US in spring and summer and has positive trends....
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