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Aerosol Sources, Absorption, and Intercontinental Transport: Synergies among Models, Remote Sensing, and Atmospheric MeasurementsAerosol climate forcing is one of the largest uncertainties in assessing the anthropogenic impact on the global climate system. This uncertainty arises from the poorly quantified aerosol sources, especially black carbon emissions, our limited knowledge of aerosol mixing state and optical properties, and the consequences of intercontinental transport of aerosols and their precursors. Here we use a global model GOCART to simulate atmospheric aerosols, including sulfate, black carbon, organic carbon, dust, and sea salt, from anthropogenic, biomass burning, and natural sources. We compare the model calculated aerosol extinction and absorption with those quantities from the ground-based sun photometer measurements from AERONET at several different wavelengths and the field observations from ACE-Asia, and model calculated total aerosol optical depth and fine mode fractions with the MODIS satellite retrieval. We will also estimate the intercontinental transport of pollution and dust aerosols from their source regions to other areas in different seasons.
Document ID
20040075037
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Chin, Mian
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Ginoux, Paul
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Dubovik, Oleg
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Holben, Brent
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kaufman, Yoram
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
chu, Allen
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Anderson, Tad
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Quinn, Patricia
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Meeting Information
Meeting: Fall AGU 2003 Meeting
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: December 8, 2003
End Date: December 12, 2003
Sponsors: American Geophysical Union
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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