Influence of dust aerosol on land surface diurnal temperature range over East Asia Simulated with the WRF-Chem model

doi:10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2022.00026

Journal of Desert Research ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 127-138.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2022.00026

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Influence of dust aerosol on land surface diurnal temperature range over East Asia Simulated with the WRF-Chem model

Siyu Chen(), Yawen Guan, Dan Zhao, Gaotong Lou, Yu Chen

College of Atmospheric Sciences / Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change，Lanzhou University，Lanzhou 730000，China

Received:2021-11-25 Revised:2022-03-24 Online:2022-05-20 Published:2022-06-01

Abstract

Abstract:

As an important synoptic and climate index， diurnal temperature range （DTR） reflects the extreme temperature difference between day and night. Compared with average temperature， DTR is more sensitive to changes in surface radiation budget and has important reference value for environmental changes and climate anomalies. The physical process of dust aerosol and its climatic effect are important factors affecting the lithosphere-atmosphere-ocean system， but the influence of dust climate effects on DTR has not been studied. The study reveals the climatic impact of dust aerosol on DTR over East Asia during 2002-2005 based on the WRF-Chem model （Weather Research and Forecasting coupled with Chemistry）. The results show that the WRF-Chem model can well reproduce the spatial-temporal distributions of meteorological field and dust aerosol over East Asia. The dust climate effect dominated by direct radiative forcing leads to the decrease of DTR in most parts of East Asia continent. During daytime， the direct radiative effect induced by dust heats the atmosphere and cools the surface， contributing to net surface radiation-cutting， thus further the decrease of the maximum Temperature and DTR. In contrast， an opposite variation tendency of DTR， primarily regulated by dust indirect effect， occurred over the Tibet Plateau and the northeast of China due to reduction of snow cover and liquid water path， respectively.

Key words: dust aerosol over East Asia, WRF-Chem model, dust mass budget, dust transport, direct radiative forcing induced by dust, dust climate effect

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P423

Siyu Chen, Yawen Guan, Dan Zhao, Gaotong Lou, Yu Chen. Influence of dust aerosol on land surface diurnal temperature range over East Asia Simulated with the WRF-Chem model[J]. Journal of Desert Research, 2022, 42(3): 127-138.

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Fig.1 Seasonal mean AOD at 550 nm from 2002 to 2005 based on MODIS retrievals （top panel） and WRF-Chem simulation （bottom）

Fig.2 Change of land surface temperature induced by dust aerosol in four seasons during 2002-2005 simulated by the WRF-Chem model

Fig.3 Change of maximum diurnal land surface temperature induced by dust aerosol in four seasons during 2002-2005 simulated by the WRF-Chem model

Fig.4 Change of minimum diurnal land surface temperature induced by dust aerosol in four seasons during 2002-2005 simulated by the WRF-Chem model

Fig.5 Change of diurnal land surface temperature range induced by dust aerosol in four seasons during 2002-2005 simulated by the WRF-Chem model

Fig.6 Change of maximum diurnal temperature， minimum diurnal temperature， diurnal temperature range induced by dust aerosol in four seasons during 2002-2005 simulated by the WRF-Chem model

Fig.7 The influence of dust aerosol on maximum diurnal temperature （A）， minimum diurnal temperature （B）， diurnal temperature range （C） over East Asia from 2002 to 2005 simulated by the WRF-Chem model

Fig.8 The spatial distribution of shortwave （SW）， longwave （LW） and net （NET， SW+LW） radiative forcing in day time （top panel） and at night （bottom）， simulated by WRF-Chem in East Asia during 2002-2005

Fig.9 The cross-correlation coefficients between the change of dinurnal temperature range （DTR） and influential factors， listed as follow： liquid water path （LWP）， snow cover （SNOW）， soil moisture （SW）， precipitation （PREP）， surface maximum diurnal temperature （Tmax） and surface minimum diurnal temperature， simulated by the WRF-Chem model

Fig.10 The influence of dust aerosol on liquid water path and snow cover over East Asia from 2002 to 2005 based on the WRF-Chem model

Fig.11 The normalization of monthly variations of liquid water path （blue line in A）， snow cover （blue line in B）， maximum diurnal temperature （orange line）， minimum diurnal temperature （green line） and dinurnal temperature range （red line） in the northeast of China （A） and the Tibetan Plateau （B）from 2002 to 2005 simulated by the WRF-Chem model

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