Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Farhan Mustafa, Lingbing Bu, Qin Wang, Na Yao, Muhammad Shahzaman, Muhammad Bilal, Rana Waqar Aslam, Rashid Iqbal
Summary: This study utilized satellite data and a neural network model to estimate anthropogenic CO2 emissions in East and West Asia, demonstrating that satellite-based XCO2 retrievals can be used to estimate regional-scale CO2 emissions, with potential for further accuracy improvement by incorporating more CO2 emission and concentration datasets.
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Minkwang Cho, Hyun Mee Kim
Summary: This study investigates the impact of assimilating two CO2 observation datasets from the Korean Peninsula on the estimation of surface CO2 fluxes over Asia. The results show that assimilating these additional Korean observations can reduce the uncertainty of the estimated fluxes, with more CO2 absorption in summer and less emission in fall and winter.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
P. Du, Z. Huang, S. Tang, Q. Dong, J. Bi, X. Yu, Q. Gu
Summary: This study investigated the long-term variation of favorable conditions for dust devil occurrence in East Asia over the past 63 years. The results showed an overall downward trend in dust devil occurrence, with strong ones dropping significantly at the fastest rate. PDDP frequency increased in the Gobi Desert but decreased in the Taklimakan Desert. The monthly variation of PDDP showed a tendency for the peak to move from June to July. PDDP mainly occurred between 10:00 and 16:00 local time, with over 60% happening between 12:00 and 14:00.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
P. Du, Z. Huang, S. Tang, Q. Dong, J. Bi, X. Yu, Q. Gu
Summary: Over the past 63 years, the frequency of dust devil occurrence in East Asia has shown an overall decline, with strong dust devils decreasing significantly and weak ones decreasing insignificantly. The frequency of dust devils has increased in the Gobi Desert but decreased in the Taklimakan Desert. Dust devils mainly occur between 10:00 and 16:00 local time, with over 60% happening between 12:00 and 14:00. There is a negative correlation between precipitation and dust devil occurrence.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yixiong Wen, Laiming Zhang, Ann E. Holbourn, Chenguang Zhu, Katharine W. Huntington, Tianjie Jin, Yalin Li, Chengshan Wang
Summary: During the Late Miocene, as the oceans cooled significantly, there was enhanced aridification and restructuring of vegetation and animal communities in vast areas of continents. Debate continues over whether global cooling induced by pCO(2) was the primary driver of this climate and ecosystem upheaval on land. This study presents a record of land surface temperatures (LST) in East Asia from 8 to 5 Ma using paleosol carbonate clumped isotopes and climate model simulations, showing a cooling of LST by approximately 7 degrees C between 7.5 and 5.7 Ma, followed by rapid warming across the Miocene-Pliocene transition (5.5 to 5 Ma). These changes occurred simultaneously with variations in sea surface temperatures, hydroclimate, and ecosystem shifts in East Asia, indicating a global climate forcing mechanism. Modeling experiments also demonstrate that pCO(2)-forced cooling would have caused extensive aridification in East Asia by altering moisture transfer and pathways. Thus, the conclusion is that the hydroclimate and ecosystem shift in East Asia during 8 to 5 Ma were primarily controlled by pCO(2)-forced global cooling.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaoning Xie, Gunnar Myhre, Drew Shindell, Gregory Faluvegi, Toshihiko Takemura, Apostolos Voulgarakis, Zhengguo Shi, Xinzhou Li, Xiaoxun Xie, Heng Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Yangang Liu
Summary: The increase in precipitation in the arid Central Asia region can be attributed to anthropogenic sulfate aerosols from remote polluted regions in South and East Asia. The presence of these aerosols leads to a shift in the Asian Westerly Jet Stream, allowing moisture supply and convergence over Central Asia.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anbao Zhu, Haiming Xu, Jiechun Deng, Jing Ma, Shuhui Li
Summary: The El Nino-Southern Oscillation has a significant impact on spring aerosols over mainland South East Asia, southern China, and the ocean south of Japan. The ENSO affects aerosols in East Asia mainly through modulation of upstream aerosol generation and transport processes. The physical mechanism involves changes in air moisture and precipitation leading to variations in biomass burning activities and carbonaceous aerosol emissions.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tana Bao, Guilin Xi, Yanling Hao, I-Shin Chang, Jing Wu, Zhichao Xue, Erdemtu Jin, Wenxing Zhang, Yuhai Bao
Summary: Dust storm disasters in East Asia pose a significant environmental challenge. However, relying on a single monitoring method for tracking dust storms has limitations and variability. Therefore, a combination of ground and remote sensing monitoring methods is necessary to fully characterize the source and impact range of dust storms. By using both ground station data and remote sensing data, we studied the sources and impact ranges of dust storms in East Asia from 1980 to 2020, along with three specific dust storm events in the region. Our findings demonstrate that a combination of ground-based and remote sensing monitoring methods is an effective approach for fully characterizing dust storms and providing comprehensive information for dust storm studies.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Se-Yong Song, Sang-Wook Yeh, Soon-Il An, Jong-Seong Kug, Seung-Ki Min, Seok-Woo Son, Jongsoo Shin
Summary: The study found that summer rainfall in East Asia increased by 42% during the CO2 concentration ramp-down period compared to the ramp-up period, mainly due to an enhanced El Nino-like warming pattern increasing sea surface temperatures. During the ramp-down period, these sea surface temperature patterns enhanced atmospheric teleconnections and circulations around East Asia, resulting in increased rainfall in the region.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yiman Gao, Bingliang Zhuang, Tijian Wang, Huimin Chen, Shu Li, Wen Wei, Huijuan Lin, Mengmeng Li
Summary: This study investigates the climatic and environmental effect of anthropogenic aerosols in East Asia in the winter using numerical simulations. Different mixing states of aerosols have varying optical and radiative properties, resulting in different aerosol loading and air temperature anomalies. The absorption of black carbon aerosol increases lower air temperatures and weakens the East Asian Winter Monsoon circulation. This research highlights the importance of aerosol mixing states in regional air pollution and climate change assessments.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Keunmin Lee, Je-Woo Hong, Jeongwon Kim, Sungsoo Jo, Jinkyu Hong
Summary: Cities are embracing urban green spaces for their role in mitigating heat waves and CO2 emissions. Urban forests reduce warming trends and urban heat island intensity compared to high-rise urban areas, with significant photosynthetic carbon uptake despite smaller tree density and leaf area index. Urban forest ecosystems have higher respiration rates than natural forests in similar climates due to historical soil use, soil transplantation practices, and warmer temperatures in urban heat domes.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Dermatology
Christos C. Zouboulis, Mankul Goyal, Angel S. Byrd
Summary: Hidradenitis suppurativa in South-East Asia and East Asia exhibits distinct clinical, environmental, physiological, and likely genetic differences compared to the Western region, with a male predominance, varying affected areas, and common metabolic comorbidities. Further studies on Asian ethnic subgroups are warranted.
EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fenjuan Wang, Shamil Maksyutov, Rajesh Janardanan, Aki Tsuruta, Akihiko Ito, Isamu Morino, Yukio Yoshida, Yasunori Tohjima, Johannes W. Kaiser, Greet Janssens-Maenhout, Xin Lan, Ivan Mammarella, Jost Lavric, Tsuneo Matsunaga
Summary: Efforts are being made in Asia to reduce methane emissions, with a focus on accurate quantification of the region's CH4 budgets. This study provides top-down estimates of CH4 emissions in Asia from 2009 to 2018, showing significant emission growth in East Asia and decreasing emissions in South Asia. Climate variability plays a key role in interannual variability of CH4 flux, with Southern Asia being particularly affected.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Terigelehu Te, Hasi Bagan, Meihui Che, Xinyan Hou, Bayarsaikhan Uudus
Summary: We studied the spatiotemporal variability of near-surface CO2 concentrations in Mongolia from 2010 to 2019 across four climate zones. By validating satellite data with ground-based observations, we found that CO2 concentrations in Mongolia steadily increased, with the highest levels in the southeastern desert and the most significant growth in the northwestern steppe. Monthly and seasonal variations were observed in each climate zone, with CO2 levels decreasing in summer and reaching a peak in spring. We also found a negative correlation between CO2 concentrations and vegetation parameters during summer, indicating the potential for carbon sequestration.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhaojun Tang, Jiaqi Chen, Zhe Jiang
Summary: This study investigates the assimilation of atmospheric CO using satellite and surface measurements over East Asia. The results reveal significant inconsistencies between satellite and surface assimilations, which could be attributed to representation errors and different vertical sensitivities. The study emphasizes the importance of integrating information from both satellite and surface measurements for accurate evaluation of CO changes in the atmosphere.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Mina Kang, Myoung-Hwan Ahn, Dai Ho Ko, Jhoon Kim, Dennis Nicks, Mijin Eo, Yeeun Lee, Kyung-Jung Moon, Dong-Won Lee
Summary: The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) provides air-quality information in the Asia Pacific region with high spatiotemporal resolution. To ensure trace gas retrieval reliability, accurate assessment of the spectral response function (SRF) is crucial. Analysis of prelaunch and inflight SRFs show a highly homogeneous and stable optical system of GEMS, with prelaunch SRFs best represented by asymmetric super Gaussian (ASG) function.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Juseon Bak, Odele Coddington, Xiong Liu, Kelly Chance, Hyo-Jung Lee, Wonbae Jeon, Jae-Hwan Kim, Cheol-Hee Kim
Summary: This study evaluated a new high-resolution solar reference spectrum for OMI measurements and ozone profile retrievals. The TSIS-1 HSRS showed improved performance compared to the previous SAO2010 in terms of radiometric uncertainties, fitting residuals, and ozone profile retrievals.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Heesung Chong, Seoyoung Lee, Yeseul Cho, Jhoon Kim, Ja-Ho Koo, Yong Pyo Kim, Younha Kim, Jung-Hun Woo, Dha Hyun Ahn
Summary: Due to a lack of reliable data, the air quality in North Korea remains poorly understood. Through multi-year satellite observations, it was found that Pyongyang, Nampo, Pukchang, and Munchon are pollution hotspots in North Korea. From 2005 to 2018, North Korea experienced significantly higher concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and carbon monoxide (CO) per unit primary energy supply compared to South Korea.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Hyunkwang Lim, Jhoon Kim, Seoyoung Lee, Yasuko Kasai, Sang Seo Park
Summary: This study attempted to retrieve aerosol layer height (ALH) using the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) to monitor diurnal changes in ALH and understand long-range transport. Aerosol optical properties (AOPs) were retrieved using the green-near infrared (NIR) band and then used to compute the top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance of a highly sensitive band. The ALH was retrieved using the observed and calculated TOA reflectances.
IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Jaemin Hong, Jhoon Kim, Yeonjin Jung, Woogyung Kim, Hyunkwang Lim, Sujong Jeong, Seoyoung Lee
Summary: In this study, a retrieval algorithm of XCO2 (YCAR) was developed based on the Optimal Estimation method using aerosol information from CALIPSO and MODIS data. The retrieval results were validated to ground-based measurements from TCCON, showing good consistency. The study demonstrated the importance of using multiple satellite data and better treatment of aerosol information for improving the accuracy of XCO2 retrieval algorithm.
GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiao Lu, Danile J. Jacob, Yuzhong Zhang, Lu Shen, Melissa P. Sulprizio, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Daniel J. Varon, Zhen Qu, Zichong Chen, Benjamin Hmiel, Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch, Haolin Wang, Cheng He, Shaojia Fan
Summary: According to national reports, the United States is the largest oil/gas methane emitter in the world. Reducing these emissions is a top priority in the US government's climate action plan. A study conducted using high-resolution inversion of surface and satellite observations of atmospheric methane from 2010 to 2019 found that US oil/gas methane emissions were higher than reported by the US Environmental Protection Agency, while emissions in Canada and Mexico decreased over the same period. The study also observed a steady decrease in oil/gas methane intensity in major US production regions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Nicholas Balasus, Daniel J. Jacob, Alba Lorente, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch, Zichong Chen, Makoto M. Kelp, Hannah Nesser, Daniel J. Varon
Summary: Satellite observations of methane emissions are crucial for climate action. This article presents a blended product obtained by training a machine learning model to correct biases in the TROPOMI methane retrieval using GOSAT measurements. The blended product reduces spatial biases and improves detection of high-concentration methane sources.
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruosi Liang, Yuzhong Zhang, Wei Chen, Peixuan Zhang, Jingran Liu, Cuihong Chen, Huiqin Mao, Guofeng Shen, Zhen Qu, Zichong Chen, Minqiang Zhou, Pucai Wang, Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch, Alba Lorente, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Ilse Aben
Summary: This study uses atmospheric methane column retrievals from two different satellite instruments to quantify East Asian methane emissions. The results show consistent emissions in some regions but discrepancies in others, especially in northern India and eastern China. The differences between the two inversions are robust and may be attributed to biases in the satellite retrievals. Overall, there are significant variations in methane emissions estimates between satellite observations.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alice Drinkwater, Paul I. Palmer, Liang Feng, Tim Arnold, Xin Lan, Sylvia E. Michel, Robert Parker, Hartmut Boesch
Summary: Using the GEOS-Chem model and two inverse methods, this study estimated regional methane emissions and corresponding stable-carbon-isotope source signatures from 2004-2020 globally. The results showed increasing emissions from tropical regions and China, while boreal and temperate regions had negative or slight positive emissions trends. The isotopic signature of methane in the tropics became progressively lighter, indicating a change in emission sources. Satellite data supported the findings and indicated the contribution of wetlands to methane emissions. The study's results were not significantly affected by changes in the hydroxyl radical, but inconsistencies were found in atmospheric methane levels in 2020.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Minseok Kim, Jhoon Kim, Hyunkwang Lim, Seoyoung Lee, Yeseul Cho, Huidong Yeo, Sang-Woo Kim
Summary: This study assessed the retrieval of aerosol top height (ATH) using different viewing geometries from a pair of geostationary imagers. The stereoscopic algorithm accurately estimated ATH by calculating the parallax of lofted aerosol layers using image-matching. Comparison with CALIOP extinction profiles showed that 88.9% of ATH estimates from AHI and AGRI were within 2 km of CALIOP 90% extinction heights, with an RMSD of 1.66 km. The ability of the stereoscopic algorithm to monitor hourly aerosol height variations was demonstrated by comparison with a Korea Aerosol Lidar Observation Network dataset.
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Peter Joyce, Cristina Ruiz Villena, Yahui Huang, Alex Webb, Manuel Gloor, Fabien H. Wagner, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Rocio Barrio Guillo, Chris Wilson, Hartmut Boesch
Summary: Anthropogenic emissions of methane have significantly impacted the Earth's radiative budget since pre-industrial times due to its high global warming potential. Detection and accurate quantification of these emissions from small point sources are crucial for reducing emissions and mitigating future climate change. A deep neural network trained with hyperspectral imagery from the PRISMA satellite has shown great potential in locating and quantifying methane point source emissions.
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liang Feng, Paul Palmer, Robert J. Parker, Mark F. Lunt, Hartmut Bosch
Summary: The global atmospheric methane growth rates in 2020 and 2021 are the highest since measurements started in 1983. Using data from the Japanese Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT), it is estimated that significant global increases in methane emissions are needed to explain the observed atmospheric methane levels, with the largest increases in Eastern Africa, tropical Asia, tropical South America, and temperate Eurasia. The elevated contributions in 2020 over Africa are substantially reduced in 2021, and there are positive correlations between anomalies of tropical methane emissions and groundwater.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
John E. Yorks, Jun Wang, Matthew J. McGill, Melanie Follette -Cook, Edward P. Nowottnick, Jeffrey S. Reid, Peter R. Colarco, Jianglong Zhang, Olga Kalashnikova, Hongbin Yu, Franco Marenco, Joseph A. Santanello, Tammy M. Weckwerth, Zhanqing Li, James R. Campbell, Ping Yang, Minghui Diao, Vincent Noel, Kerry G. Meyer, James L. Carr, Michael Garay, Kenneth Christian, Angela Bennedetti, Allison M. Ring, Alice Crawford, Michael J. Pavolonis, Valentina Aquila, Jhoon Kim, Shobha Kondragunta
Summary: A SmallSat mission concept called TOMCAT is proposed to carry out time-varying optical measurements of clouds and aerosol transport from space. TOMCAT aims to statistically resolve diurnal and vertical variation of cloud properties, determine the impacts of boundary layer diurnal variation on air quality and cloud distributions, and characterize smoke and dust emission processes. TOMCAT plans to deliver its data products in near-real time and offer hazard-monitoring capabilities for smoke, dust, and volcanic plumes.
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Laura Hyesung Yang, Daniel J. Jacob, Nadia K. Colombi, Shixian Zhai, Kelvin H. Bates, Viral Shah, Ellie Beaudry, Robert M. Yantosca, Haipeng Lin, Jared F. Brewer, Heesung Chong, Katherine R. Travis, James H. Crawford, Lok N. Lamsal, Ja-Ho Koo, Jhoon Kim
Summary: Aircraft observations from the KORUS-AQ campaign suggest that the GEOS-Chem CTM can accurately compute the vertical profiles of NO2, which are influenced by the diurnal variation in mixing depth. This finding helps explain the diurnal variation in NO2 and its implications for air quality.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Remote Sensing
D. Simeoni, F. Graziosi, G. Broquet, P. Kumar, P. Ciais, J. L. Vergely, S. Ferron, V Khodnevych, M. Carlavan, B. Chetrite, N. Tetaz, C. Delzenne, N. Gercio, H. Boesch, L. Vogel, F. Mariani, R. Windpassinger, Bernd Sierk
Summary: The paper presents the results of the 2021 CarbonCGI project, which aims to observe greenhouse gases with high-resolution using CGI. The development of Compact Gas Imagers involves collaboration between multiple projects and the research team.
SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND NEXT-GENERATION SATELLITES XXVI
(2022)