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Over Central Asia, dust and sulphate aerosols dominate total aerosol optical depth, while anthropogenic aerosols have significantly increased since 1990, with different components exerting distinct hierarchical effects on the regional radiative budget at the surface versus the top of the atmosphere. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To investigate the long-term spatiotemporal evolution and radiative effects of primary aerosol components over Central Asia.

September 14, 2026International Journal of Climatology

Spatiotemporal Variability in Aerosol Composition and Radiative Effects Over Central Asia

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YYYanyi Yang WMWen Ma JDJianli Ding

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Modeling study reveals dust and sulphate dominate aerosol optical depth across Central Asia, highlighting distinct vertical radiative impacts of natural and anthropogenic aerosols.

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To investigate the long-term spatiotemporal evolution and radiative effects of primary aerosol components over Central Asia.
Integrated MODIS MAIAC satellite aerosol products and MERRA-2 reanalysis datasets.
Utilized an XGBoost machine learning model combined with a SHAP interpretive framework to evaluate aerosol contributions to optical depth and radiative forcing efficiency.
Total aerosol optical depth peaked over the Taklimakan Desert along a northwest-to-southeast gradient, with mineral dust and sulphate jointly contributing over 80% of total optical depth.
Anthropogenic aerosols including sulphate, organic carbon, and black carbon increased substantially after 1990, whereas sea salt contributions remained consistently low.
Sea salt exerted disproportionate radiative influence at the top of the atmosphere and within the atmospheric column, whereas black and organic carbon drove surface-level radiative effects.

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Yang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b2e10926e14a848b178b https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.70586

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September 14, 2026International Journal of Climatology

Spatiotemporal Variability in Aerosol Composition and Radiative Effects Over Central Asia

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Authors

YYYanyi Yang WMWen Ma JDJianli Ding

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Overview

Modeling study reveals dust and sulphate dominate aerosol optical depth across Central Asia, highlighting distinct vertical radiative impacts of natural and anthropogenic aerosols.

Key Points

To investigate the long-term spatiotemporal evolution and radiative effects of primary aerosol components over Central Asia.
Integrated MODIS MAIAC satellite aerosol products and MERRA-2 reanalysis datasets.
Utilized an XGBoost machine learning model combined with a SHAP interpretive framework to evaluate aerosol contributions to optical depth and radiative forcing efficiency.
Total aerosol optical depth peaked over the Taklimakan Desert along a northwest-to-southeast gradient, with mineral dust and sulphate jointly contributing over 80% of total optical depth.
Anthropogenic aerosols including sulphate, organic carbon, and black carbon increased substantially after 1990, whereas sea salt contributions remained consistently low.
Sea salt exerted disproportionate radiative influence at the top of the atmosphere and within the atmospheric column, whereas black and organic carbon drove surface-level radiative effects.

Cite This Study

Yang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b2e10926e14a848b178b https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.70586

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