Tropical modulation of East Asia air pollution

Myung-Il Jung; Seok-Woo Son; Hyemi Kim; Deliang Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33281-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Tropical modulation of East Asia air pollution

Myung-Il Jung,
Seok-Woo Son,
Hyemi Kim,
Deliang Chen

Affiliations

Myung-Il Jung: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University
Seok-Woo Son: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University
Hyemi Kim: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
Deliang Chen: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33281-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In this study, it is suggested that the daily PM10 level in East Asia is remotely controlled by the convection over the equatorial Indian Ocean and western Pacific. This tropical modulation explains up to 15% of daily PM10 variability in the region.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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