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

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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. However, the causes of the trends have not been thoroughly discussed by previous studies. This work identified key local factors controlling the variations in fine dust in the US and found that the increase in fine dust in the central Great Plains in summer is associated with increasing atmospheric stability.
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