Spatial and Temporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth and Influence Factors over the East China Sea

Xiao-shen Zheng; Ya-nan Zhang; Yue Pan

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Spatial and Temporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth and Influence Factors over the East China Sea

Xiao-shen Zheng, Ya-nan Zhang, Yue Pan

Published in International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 4, Issue 3)

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Abstract

Atmospheric aerosols are solid and liquid particles suspended in the air, which has an important effect in macroscopic climate change. The aerosol optical depth (i.e, AOD) is one of the main factors to characterize the composition and the content of the aerosol. This study was conducted over the area of East China Sea (24ºN-41ºN, 117ºE-128ºE) based on the monthly average AOD data and monthly average wind data of 10 meter over sea surface during 2003-2013. The AOD distribution has the annual periodic variation, the AOD values increased significantly from January to March, and reached the maximum 0.133 in March, and the AOD values declined from April to August, and they stabilized around 0.1 in September to December. The trend of seasonal changes indicated that the AOD values were the highest in the spring, and slightly higher in the winter. The AOD values of spring and winter were significantly higher than the summer and the autumn. For time-series variation, the maximum of AOD values during certain periods gradually increase from 2003 to 2009, and the maximum of AOD values during certain periods gradually decrease from 2009 to 2013. Analyzing the relationship between spatial distribution of AOD and wind vectors over the sea surface, the spatial and temporal distribution and variation of AOD were closely related to the wind direction and speed over the East China Sea.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 4, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijema.20160403.15
Page(s)	94-101
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Aerosol Optical Depth, Spatial and Temporal Variation, Wind, the East China Sea

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Xiao-shen Zheng, Ya-nan Zhang, Yue Pan. (2016). Spatial and Temporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth and Influence Factors over the East China Sea. International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, 4(3), 94-101. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijema.20160403.15

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Xiao-shen Zheng; Ya-nan Zhang; Yue Pan. Spatial and Temporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth and Influence Factors over the East China Sea. Int. J. Environ. Monit. Anal. 2016, 4(3), 94-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20160403.15

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Xiao-shen Zheng, Ya-nan Zhang, Yue Pan. Spatial and Temporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth and Influence Factors over the East China Sea. Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2016;4(3):94-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20160403.15

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Xiao-shen Zheng

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Chemistry, College of Marine and Environmental Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P. R. China
Ya-nan Zhang

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Chemistry, College of Marine and Environmental Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P. R. China
Yue Pan

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Chemistry, College of Marine and Environmental Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, P. R. China

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