East Asian dust storm in May 2017: observations, modelling, and its influence on the Asia-Pacific region

Zhang, Xiao-Xiao; Sharratt, Brenton; Liu, Lian-You; Wang, Zi-Fa; Pan, Xiao-Le; Lei, Jia-Qiang; Wu, Shi-Xin; Huang, Shuang-Yan; Guo, Yu-Hong; Li, Jie; Tang, Xiao; Yang, Ting; Tian, Yu; Chen, Xue-Shun; Hao, Jian-Qi; Zheng, Hai-Tao; Yang, Yan-Yan; Lyu, Yan-Li

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8353-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8353-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8353-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

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14 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 14 Jun 2018

East Asian dust storm in May 2017: observations, modelling, and its influence on the Asia-Pacific region

Xiao-Xiao Zhang, Brenton Sharratt, Lian-You Liu, Zi-Fa Wang, Xiao-Le Pan, Jia-Qiang Lei, Shi-Xin Wu, Shuang-Yan Huang, Yu-Hong Guo, Jie Li, Xiao Tang, Ting Yang, Yu Tian, Xue-Shun Chen, Jian-Qi Hao, Hai-Tao Zheng, Yan-Yan Yang, and Yan-Li Lyu

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RC1: 'Review of "East Asian dust storm in May 2017: observations, modelling and its influence on Asia-Pacific region"', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Response to referee #1', Xiao-Xiao Zhang, 08 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of "East Asian dust storm in May 2017: observations, modelling and its influence on Asia-Pacific region"', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 May 2018
- AC2: 'Response to referee #2', Xiao-Xiao Zhang, 15 May 2018

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ED: Publish as is (30 May 2018) by Jianping Huang

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The impact of a strong East Asian dust event during 2–7 May 2017 was quantified and assessed based upon environmental observations, lidar measurements, and satellite products along with simulation techniques. This dust storm impacted a wide area of China and other Asian nations and reached North America within 1 week. Dust storms are a significant contributor to the global dust budget. Asian dust storms such as that observed in early May 2017 may lead to wider climate forcing on a global scale.