Impact of Asian Dust Aerosol and Surface Albedo on Photosynthetically Active Radiation and Surface Radiative Balance in Dryland Ecosystems

Table 1

Parameters of dust volume size distributions from AERONET sites in East Asia (Dunhuang, Inner Mongolia, Yulin, and Beijing) and past studies. The lognormal parameters shown are volume median radius (μm), geometric standard deviation, and mass fraction (%).

Size Distribution	Source	Fine mode(s)		Coarse mode
Dunhuang	AERONET	0.254 μm		2.561 μm
		1.697		2.024
		4.0%		96.0%
Inner Mongolia	AERONET	0.169 μm		1.932 μm
		1.757		1.623
		3.8%		96.2%
Yulin	AERONET	0.235 μm		2.23 μm
		1.786		1.758
		3.9%		96.1%
Beijing	AERONET	0.209 μm		2.331 μm
		1.815		1.736
		4.9%		95.1%
B02	[36]	0.149 μm		2.538 μm
		1.52		1.84
		9.1%		90.9%
C04	[37]	0.53 μm	2.751 μm	7.099 μm
		1.46	1.85	1.50
		1.8%	69.4%	28.8%
L91	[38]	3.228 μm
		2.20
		100%
H98	[24]	0.267 μm	1.648 μm	11.02 μm
		1.95	2.00	2.15
		3.4%	76.1%	20.5%