| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Anthropogenic and Aeolian Aerosols |
| Main Convener | Prof. Cheol-Hee Kim (Pusan National University, Korea, South) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Mizuo Kajino (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan) Prof. Chung-Shin Yuan (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan) Prof. Soon-Ung Park (Center for Atmospheric and Environmental Modeling, Korea, South) Dr. Fan Meng (Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China) |
| Session Description | Aeolian aerosol is a serious environmental problem in arid and semi-arid regions in Asia and many other parts of the world. Anthropogenic aerosol is also getting more important over East Asia because East Asia is a major source of anthropogenic pollutants due to the rapid economic expansion in many areas of East Asia. Recently dust storms have been remarkably increased in their intensity and occurrence frequency especially in the Asian continent, and anthropogenic Asian aerosols in Asia have important implications for global radiative effects. This session will focus on the physical and chemical processes of Anthropogenic and Aeolian dust and their impacts on the environment, specifically for the processes on 1) Anthropogenic aerosol and/or aeolian dust emission 2) Long-range transport process of anthropogenic or aeolian aerosols 3) Deposition of anthropogenic and/or aeolian aerosols 4) Interaction between aerosol and gases pollutants 5) Interaction between anthropogenic and aeolian aerosol and, 6) Interaction between anthropogenic and aeolian aerosol and, it will include - Development of the dust forecasting model - Size distribution of the Asian aerosol - Impacts on climate and environment - Others relevant to the phenomena in association with the Aeolian dust and/or anthropogenic aerosol |