Atmospheric Research

Article	Citations
Insight from CMIP6 SSP-RCP scenarios for future drought characteristics in China	202
Future drought characteristics through a multi-model ensemble from CMIP6 over South Asia	153
Evaluation of CMIP6 precipitation simulations across different climatic zones: Uncertainty and model intercomparison	108
Evaluation of CMIP6 GCM rainfall in mainland Southeast Asia	105
Assessment of CMIP6 in simulating precipitation over arid Central Asia	101
A comprehensive investigation of surface ozone pollution in China, 2015–2019: Separating the contributions from meteorology and precursor emissions	101
Comprehensive evaluation of latest GPM era IMERG and GSMaP precipitation products over mainland China	96
Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review	96
Intercomparison of the expected change in the temperature and the precipitation retrieved from CMIP6 and CMIP5 climate projections: A Mediterranean hot spot case, Turkey	96
Spatial performance of multiple reanalysis precipitation datasets on the southern slope of central Himalaya	96
Evaluation of CMIP6 models in simulating the statistics of extreme precipitation over Eastern Africa	93
Inconsistency in historical simulations and future projections of temperature and rainfall: A comparison of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models over Southeast Asia	92
COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan: Ambient air quality and the relationships between criteria air pollutants and meteorological variables before, during, and after lockdown	85
Assessment of satellite precipitation product estimates over Bali Island	81
Interaction between heat wave and urban heat island: A case study in a tropical coastal city, Singapore	80
Source apportionment of volatile organic compounds: Implications to reactivity, ozone formation, and secondary organic aerosol potential	79
Estimation of hourly full-coverage PM2.5 concentrations at 1-km resolution in China using a two-stage random forest model	75
Utility of integrated IMERG precipitation and GLEAM potential evapotranspiration products for drought monitoring over mainland China	74
Summertime dust storms over the Arabian Peninsula and impacts on radiation, circulation, cloud development and rain	71
Changes in reference evapotranspiration and its driving factors in peninsular Malaysia	71
Co-occurrence of ozone and PM2.5 pollution in the Yangtze River Delta over 2013–2019: Spatiotemporal distribution and meteorological conditions	70
Future changes in precipitation and temperature over the Yangtze River Basin in China based on CMIP6 GCMs	69
Highly resolved WRF-BEP/BEM simulations over Barcelona urban area with LCZ	67
The impact of climate change and human activities on the Aral Sea Basin over the past 50 years	67
Large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns associated with extreme monsoon precipitation in Pakistan during 1981–2018	66

Changes of air quality and its associated health and economic burden in 31 provincial capital cities in China during COVID-19 pandemic	65
Performance evaluation and correction of precipitation data using the 20-year IMERG and TMPA precipitation products in diverse subregions of China	65
Evaluation of precipitation in CMIP6 over the Yangtze River Basin	65
Road dust resuspension: A review	64
Evaluation of GPM-IMERG and TRMM-3B42 precipitation products over Pakistan	64
A downscaling approach for constructing high-resolution precipitation dataset over the Tibetan Plateau from ERA5 reanalysis	62
Advances in CMIP6 INM-CM5 over CMIP5 INM-CM4 for precipitation simulation in South Korea	59
Application of XGBoost algorithm in the optimization of pollutant concentration	58
Evaluation of seventeen satellite-, reanalysis-, and gauge-based precipitation products for drought monitoring across mainland China	57
Spatiotemporal variations of extreme precipitation and its potential driving factors in China’s North-South Transition Zone during 1960–2017	56
Extreme rainfall events over Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: Characterization using probability distribution functions and clustering analysis	56
Bypassing the NOx titration trap in ozone pollution control in Beijing	54
Conditional distribution selection for SPEI-daily and its revealed meteorological drought characteristics in China from 1961 to 2017	54
Evaluation of GPM IMERG precipitation products with the point rain gauge records over Sichuan, China	53
Regional changes in extreme temperature records over Pakistan and their relation to Pacific variability	52
Future precipitation changes in Egypt under the 1.5 and 2.0 °C global warming goals using CMIP6 multimodel ensemble	51
Analysis of the spatial Distribution of precipitation and topography with GPM data in the Tibetan Plateau	51
Machine learning regression and classification methods for fog events prediction	51
Performance evaluation of Eta/HadGEM2-ES and Eta/MIROC5 precipitation simulations over Brazil	50
The relationship between atmospheric boundary layer and temperature inversion layer and their aerosol capture capabilities	49
Does ERA5 outperform satellite products in estimating atmospheric downward longwave radiation at the surface?	48
Brown carbon in atmospheric fine particles in Yangzhou, China: Light absorption properties and source apportionment	47
Spatiotemporal changes in global aridity in terms of multiple aridity indices: An assessment based on the CRU data	47
Effects of aerosols and water vapour on spatial-temporal variations of the clear-sky surface solar radiation in China	46
Characterizing the features of precipitation for the Tibetan Plateau among four gridded datasets: Detection accuracy and spatio-temporal variabilities	46
Assessment of four latest long-term satellite-based precipitation products in capturing the extreme precipitation and streamflow across a humid region of southern China	45
Amplified intensity and duration of heatwaves by concurrent droughts in China	44
Monitoring meteorological drought in a semiarid region using two long-term satellite-estimated rainfall datasets: A case study of the Piranhas River basin, northeastern Brazil	43
Spatiotemporal changes and modulations of extreme climatic indices in monsoon-dominated climate region linkage with large-scale atmospheric oscillation	43
Recent intensification of extreme precipitation events in the La Plata Basin in Southern South America (1981–2018)	43
How well is outer tropical cyclone size represented in the ERA5 reanalysis dataset?	42
Validation of CHIRPS satellite-based precipitation dataset over Pakistan	42
Atmospheric rivers drive exceptional Saharan dust transport towards Europe	41
Heatwave intensity on the Iberian Peninsula: Future climate projections	41
Evaluation of global climate models for precipitation projection in sub-Himalaya region of Pakistan	41
Analysis of drought and flood alternation and its driving factors in the Yangtze River Basin under climate change	41
Unravelling the teleconnections between ENSO and dry/wet conditions over India using nonlinear Granger causality	40
Impacts of regional emission reduction and global climate change on air quality and temperature to attain carbon neutrality in China	40
Identifying the dominant driving factors of heat waves in the North China Plain	40
Risk changes of compound temperature and precipitation extremes in China under 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming	40
Projections of future meteorological drought events under representative concentration pathways (RCPs) of CMIP5 over Kenya, East Africa	40
Characteristics of extreme rainfall in different gridded datasets over India during 1983–2015	40
Evaluation of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis precipitation datasets over Spain (1951–2020)	40
Evaluation of CMIP5 models and projected changes in temperatures over South Asia under global warming of 1.5 oC, 2 oC, and 3 oC	39
Assessment of drought in SPI series using continuous wavelet analysis for Gediz Basin, Turkey	39
High-precision GNSS PWV retrieval using dense GNSS sites and in-situ meteorological observations for the evaluation of MERRA-2 and ERA5 reanalysis products over China	39
Projection of temperature and precipitation in the Mediterranean region through multi-model ensemble from CMIP6	39
Phenology of heat waves over India	38
Evolution of potential evapotranspiration and its sensitivity to climate change based on the Thornthwaite, Hargreaves, and Penman–Monteith equation in environmental sensitive areas of China	37
Climate change projections for Greece in the 21st century from high-resolution EURO-CORDEX RCM simulations	37

Evaluation of spatial-temporal distribution of precipitation in mainland China by statistic and clustering methods	36
Potential linkages of extreme climate events with vegetation and large-scale circulation indices in an endorheic river basin in northwest China	36
Atmospheric river linked to extreme rainfall events over Kerala in August 2018	36
CNN-based near-real-time precipitation estimation from Fengyun-2 satellite over Xinjiang, China	36
Analysis of drought events and their impacts on vegetation productivity based on the integrated surface drought index in the Hanjiang River Basin, China	36
Ground validation and error decomposition for six state-of-the-art satellite precipitation products over mainland China	35
Evaluation and integration of reanalysis rainfall products under contrasting climatic conditions in India	35
Evaluation and comparison of precipitation estimates and hydrologic utility of CHIRPS, TRMM 3B42 V7 and PERSIANN-CDR products in various climate regimes	35
Carbonyl compounds in the atmosphere: A review of abundance, source and their contributions to O3 and SOA formation	35
Likelihood of compound dry and hot extremes increased with stronger dependence during warm seasons	34
Assessment of newly-developed high resolution reanalyses (IMDAA, NGFS and ERA5) against rainfall observations for Indian region	34
Orographic biases in IMERG precipitation estimates in the Ebro River basin (Spain): The effects of rain gauge density and altitude	33
Changes in extreme precipitation across South Asia for each 0.5 °C of warming from 1.5 °C to 3.0°C above pre-industrial levels	33
Projected changes in extreme precipitation indices from CORDEX simulations over Ethiopia, East Africa	33
Links between the thermal condition of the Tibetan Plateau in summer and atmospheric circulation and climate anomalies over the Eurasian continent	33
Dry deposition fluxes of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in atmospheric aerosols over the Marginal Seas and Northwest Pacific	33
Review of advances in urban climate study in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, China	33
Stacking machine learning models versus a locally weighted linear model to generate high-resolution monthly precipitation over a topographically complex area	33
Assessment and calibration of MODIS precipitable water vapor products based on GPS network over China	32
The development and application of satellite remote sensing for atmospheric compositions in China	32
Spatial evaluation of satellite-retrieved extreme rainfall rates in the Upper Awash River Basin, Ethiopia	32
Characteristics of indoor and personal exposure to particulate organic compounds emitted from domestic solid fuel combustion in rural areas of northwest China	32
Estimating hourly surface PM2.5 concentrations across China from high-density meteorological observations by machine learning	32
Evaluating co-emissions into indoor and outdoor air of EC, OC, and BC from in-home biomass burning	31
Monsoon precipitation characteristics and extreme precipitation events over Northwest India using Indian high resolution regional reanalysis	31
Classification of weather clusters over the Middle East associated with high atmospheric dust-AODs in West Iran	31
Evaluation of the near-surface climate of the recent global atmospheric reanalysis for Qilian Mountains, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	31
Assessing the use of ERA5-Land reanalysis and spatial interpolation methods for retrieving precipitation estimates at basin scale	30
Precipitation characteristics of typhoon Lekima (2019) at landfall revealed by joint observations from GPM satellite and S-band radar	30
Comprehensive evaluation of satellite and reanalysis precipitation products over the eastern Tibetan plateau characterized by a high diversity of topographies	30
Regional pollution loading in winter months over India using high resolution WRF-Chem simulation	30
Exceptionally prolonged extreme heat waves over South China in early summer 2020: The role of warming in the tropical Indian Ocean	30
Changes of Southern Hemisphere westerlies in the future warming climate	30
Increase in seasonal precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau in the 21st century projected using CMIP6 models	30
Evidence for intensification of meteorological droughts in Oman over the past four decades	29
Raindrop size distribution measurements on the Southeast Tibetan Plateau during the STEP project	29
Climatology of the Sistan Levar wind: Atmospheric dynamics driving its onset, duration and withdrawal	29
Interdecadal variation in the frequency of extreme hot events in Northeast China and the possible mechanism	29
Contributions of biomass burning to global and regional SO2 emissions	29
Evaluation of the CMORPH high-resolution precipitation product for hydrological applications over South Korea	28
Evaluation of atmospheric correction methods for low to high resolutions satellite remote sensing data	28
Influence of atmospheric circulation on the stable isotope of precipitation in the monsoon margin region	27
Exploring the linkage between dew point temperature and precipitation extremes: A multi-time-scale analysis on a semi-arid Mediterranean region	27
Evaluation of six precipitation products in the Mekong River Basin	27
Performance of the WRF model in simulating intense precipitation events over the Hanjiang River Basin, China – A multi-physics ensemble approach	27
Advances in sunphotometer-measured aerosol optical properties and related topics in China: Impetus and perspectives	27
Multi-source precipitation products assessment on drought monitoring across global major river basins	27
Multi-model convection-resolving simulations of the October 2018 Vaia storm over Northeastern Italy	27
Can atmospheric reanalyses (CRA and ERA5) represent cloud spatiotemporal characteristics?	27
A review of the impact of transient luminous events on the atmospheric chemistry: Past, present, and future	27
Simulation of an extreme dust episode using WRF-CHEM based on optimal ensemble approach	27
Long term variability of carbonaceous aerosols over Southeast Asia via reanalysis: Association with changes in vegetation cover and biomass burning	27
Observational study of relationships between entrainment rate, homogeneity of mixing, and cloud droplet relative dispersion	26
Nowcasting extreme rain and extreme wind speed with machine learning techniques applied to different input datasets	26
Application of random forest algorithm in hail forecasting over Shandong Peninsula	26
On the aerodynamic fog collection efficiency of fog water collectors via three-dimensional numerical simulations	26
Satellite-based precipitation estimates using a dense rain gauge network over the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon: Implication for identifying trends in dry season rainfall	26
Identification of drought events in the major basins of Central Asia based on a combined climatological deviation index from GRACE measurements	26
Impact of horizontal resolution on monsoon precipitation for CORDEX-South Asia: A regional earth system model assessment	26
Pattern of spatio-temporal variability of extreme precipitation and flood-waterlogging process in Hanjiang River basin	26
Observed changes in vapor pressure deficit suggest a systematic drying of the atmosphere in Xinjiang of China	26
Evaluating intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves of satellite-based precipitation datasets in Peninsular Malaysia	26
Characteristics and causes of surface wind speed variations in Northwest China from 1979 to 2019	25
Evaluation of the GPM IMERG V06 products for light rain over Mainland China	25
Joint modeling of precipitation and temperature under influences of El Niño Southern Oscillation for compound event evaluation and prediction	25
Numerical evaluation of thefog collection potential of electrostatically enhanced fog collector	25
Improving precipitation nowcasting using a three-dimensional convolutional neural network model from Multi Parameter Phased Array Weather Radar observations	25
Ambient volatile organic compounds at Wudang Mountain in Central China: Characteristics, sources and implications to ozone formation	25
Chemical components and source identification of PM2.5 in non-heating season in Beijing: The influences of biomass burning and dust	25
Spatio-temporal variations of dryness/wetness over Northwest China under different SSPs-RCPs	25
Characteristics and source apportionment of non-polar organic compounds in PM2.5 from the three megacities in Yangtze River Delta region, China	24
Atmospheric ozone chemistry and control strategies in Hangzhou, China: Application of a 0-D box model	24
Investigation of precipitation concentration and trends and their potential drivers in the major river basins of Central Asia	24
Sensitivity of WRF-simulated 10 m wind over the Persian Gulf to different boundary conditions and PBL parameterization schemes	24
Changes in cloud amount over the Tibetan Plateau and impacts of large-scale circulation	24
Compound climate extremes in China: Trends, causes, and projections	24
Detecting drought events over Iran during 1983–2017 using satellite and ground-based precipitation observations	24
Land – sea contrast of diurnal cycle characteristics and rain event propagations over Sumatra according to different rain duration and seasons	24
Evaluation and possible uncertainty source analysis of JAXA Himawari-8 aerosol optical depth product over China	24
Aromatic compounds in a semi-urban site of western India: Seasonal variability and emission ratios	24

Stable precipitation isotope records of cold wave events in Eurasia	24
Spatiotemporal regionalization of atmospheric dust based on multivariate analysis of MACC model over Iran	23
Detecting heavy rainfall using anomaly-based percentile thresholds of predictors derived from GNSS-PWV	23
Cloud vertical structure measurements from a ground-based cloud radar over the southeastern Tibetan Plateau	23
Gazing inside a giant-hail-bearing Mediterranean supercell by dual-polarization Doppler weather radar	23
Extensive evaluation of IMERG precipitation for both liquid and solid in Yellow River source region	23
Relationships between cloudiness, aerosol optical thickness, and sunshine duration in Poland	23
Spatial and temporal variation of aerosol optical depths over six major cities in Bangladesh	23
Changes of potential evapotranspiration and its sensitivity across China under future climate scenarios	23
Evaluation of GPM-IMERG rainfall estimates at multiple temporal and spatial scales over Greece	23
The potential and uncertainty of triple collocation in assessing satellite precipitation products in Central Asia	23
High resolution spatial mapping of element concentrations in PM10: A powerful tool for localization of emission sources	23
Provenance tracing of long-range transported dust over the Northeastern Arabian Sea during the southwest monsoon	23
Impacts of climate change-related flood events in the Yangtze River Basin based on multi-source data	23
Urban signatures of sub-daily extreme precipitation events over a metropolitan region	22
Strategies to reduce PM2.5 and O3 together during late summer and early fall in San Joaquin Valley, California	22
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and its responses to anthropogenic emissions in a global hotspot region	22
Evaluation of a climate simulation over the Yellow River Basin based on a regional climate model (REMO) within the CORDEX	22
Statistical relationships between large-scale circulation patterns and local-scale effects: NAO and rainfall regime in a key area of the Mediterranean basin	22
Spatial interpolation of daily precipitation based on modified ADW method for gauge-scarce mountainous regions: A case study in the Shiyang River Basin	22
A study on the dynamic spatial spillover effect of urban form on PM2.5 concentration at county scale in China	22
Does CRA-40 outperform other reanalysis products in evaluating near-surface wind speed changes over China?	22
A note on some uncertainties associated with Thornthwaite's aridity index introduced by using different potential evapotranspiration methods	22
Contribution of external forcings to the observed trend in surface temperature over Africa during 1901–2014 and its future projection from CMIP6 simulations	22
A global perspective on propagation from meteorological drought to hydrological drought during 1902–2014	22
Ground-level NO2 concentration estimation based on OMI tropospheric NO2 and its spatiotemporal characteristics in typical regions of China	22
Dominant patterns of dryness/wetness variability in the Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin and its relationship with multiscale climate oscillations	22
Composition and sources of brown carbon aerosols in megacity Beijing during the winter of 2016	22
Deep stratospheric intrusion and Russian wildfire induce enhanced tropospheric ozone pollution over the northern Tibetan Plateau	22
Novel approach to integrate daily satellite rainfall with in-situ rainfall, Upper Tekeze Basin, Ethiopia	22
Near real-time hurricane rainfall forecasting using convolutional neural network models with Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) product	22
A study on the characteristics of ice nucleating particles concentration and aerosols and their relationship in spring in Beijing	21
Synoptic weather patterns modulate the frequency, type and vertical structure of summer precipitation over Eastern China: A perspective from GPM observations	21
Assessing the contribution of regional sources to urban air pollution by applying 3D-PSCF modeling	21
Observations of wind and turbulence structures of Super Typhoons Hato and Mangkhut over land from a 356 m high meteorological tower	21
A modeling study of the impact of stratospheric intrusion on ozone enhancement in the lower troposphere over the Hong Kong regions, China	21
Variability of hourly precipitation during the warm season over eastern China using gauge observations and ERA5	21
Evaluating different lightning parameterization schemes to simulate lightning flash counts over Maharashtra, India	21
A low frequency 3D lightning mapping network in north China	21
Lightning climatology across the Chinese continent from 2010 to 2020	21
Characterization and source analysis of water-soluble inorganic ionic species in PM2.5 during a wintertime particle pollution episode in Nanjing, China	21
Long-term variations of surface solar radiation in China from routine meteorological observations	21
Reliability of the IMERG product through reference rain gauges in Central Italy	21
Aerosol optical properties and their impacts on the co–occurrence of surface ozone and particulate matter in Kunming City, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau of China	21
Integrated assessment of variation characteristics and driving forces in precipitation and temperature under climate change: A case study of Upper Yellow River basin, China	21
Evaluating the performance of a WRF initial and physics ensemble over Eastern Black Sea and Mediterranean regions in Turkey	21
Absorption and radiative characteristics of brown carbon aerosols during crop residue burning in the source region of Indo-Gangetic Plain	21
Copula-based non-stationarity detection of the precipitation-temperature dependency structure dynamics and possible driving mechanism	20
Convective precipitation trends in the Spanish Mediterranean region	20
Evaluation of drag coefficients under medicane conditions: Coupling waves, sea spray and surface friction	20
Numerical investigation of atmosphere-fire interactions during high-impact wildland fire events in Greece	20
Characterization of raindrop size distributions and its response to cloud microphysical properties	20
Evaluation of CMIP6 GCMs performance to simulate precipitation over Southeast Asia	20
A satellite-measured view of aerosol component content and optical property in a haze-polluted case over North China Plain	20
Drought monitoring based on a new combined remote sensing index across the transitional area between humid and arid regions in China	20
Changes in the global mean air temperature over land since 1980	20
Destinations frequently impacted by dust storms originating from southwest Iran	20
Disentangling dynamical and thermodynamical contributions to the record-breaking heatwave over Central Europe in June 2019	20
Changes of ammonia concentrations in wintertime on the North China Plain from 2018 to 2020	20
A near real-time drought monitoring system for Spain using automatic weather station network	20
Satellite-based rainfall estimates evaluation using a parsimonious hydrological model in the complex climate and topography of the Nile River Catchments	20
Climatology and trends of downward shortwave radiation over Brazil	20
Intercomparison of multiple high-resolution precipitation products over China: Climatology and extremes	20
Chemistry of new particle formation and growth events during wintertime in suburban area of Beijing: Insights from highly polluted atmosphere	20
Unprecedented warmth: A look at Spain's exceptional summer of 2022	20
Atmospheric boundary layer height and surface parameters: Trends and relationships over the west coast of India	20
Large-area thermal anomalies in Europe (1951–2018). Temporal and spatial patterns	20
Evaluation of CORDEX- South Asia regional climate models for heat wave simulations over India	20
Validation of FY-4A AGRI layer precipitable water products using radiosonde data	20
From TRMM to GPM, how do improvements of post/near-real-time satellite precipitation estimates manifest?	20
Study of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-meteorology interaction during a distinct weather event over the Indian region using WRF-Chem	20
SouthEast Asia HydrO-meteorological droughT (SEA-HOT) framework: A case study in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia	20
An observational analysis of precipitation and deforestation age in the Brazilian Legal Amazon	20
Validation of the aerosol optical property products derived by the GRASP/Component approach from multi-angular polarimetric observations	19
Diagnosis and modelling of two destructive derecho events in European Russia in the summer of 2010	19
WRF hourly evaluation for extreme precipitation events	19
Correcting bias of satellite rainfall data using physical empirical model	19
Spatiotemporal patterns of future temperature and precipitation over China projected by PRECIS under RCPs	19
Evaluation of multi-source precipitation products over the Yangtze River Basin	19
Analysis of differences between thermodynamic and material boundary layer structure: Comparison of detection by ceilometer and microwave radiometer	19
Roles of Tibetan Plateau vortices in the heavy rainfall over southwestern China in early July 2018	19
Global precipitation-related extremes at 1.5 °C and 2 °C of global warming targets: Projection and uncertainty assessment based on the CESM-LWR experiment	19
Long-term ambient SO2 concentration and its exposure risk across China inferred from OMI observations from 2005 to 2018	19
General circulation models for rainfall simulations: Performance assessment using complex networks	19
Increase of precipitation by cloud seeding observed from a case study in November 2020 over Shijiazhuang, China	19
Historical fidelity and future change of Amundsen Sea Low under 1.5 °C–4 °C global warming in CMIP6	19
Improving typhoon predictions by assimilating the retrieval of atmospheric temperature profiles from the FengYun-4A's Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS)	19
Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) in the border of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei of China: Concentration, source apportionment and photochemical pollution assessment	19
Improving PM2.5 forecast during haze episodes over China based on a coupled 4D-LETKF and WRF-Chem system	19
Review of dust storm detection algorithms for multispectral satellite sensors	19
Infilling methods for monthly precipitation records with poor station network density in Subtropical Argentina	19
Spatio-temporal distribution of aerosol direct radiative forcing over mid-latitude regions in north hemisphere estimated from satellite observations	19
Assessment of GPM IMERG satellite precipitation estimation and its dependence on microphysical rain regimes over the mountains of south-central Chile	19
Atmospheric formaldehyde, glyoxal and their relations to ozone pollution under low- and high-NOx regimes in summertime Shanghai, China	19
Seasonal and interannual variations of atmospheric dust aerosols in mid and low latitudes of Asia – A comparative study	19