Dear Colleagues,

Aerosols emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources can be transported thousands of miles downwind and affect the regional and global environments as well as the climate. In the atmosphere, aerosols alter the energy balance directly by absorbing and scattering both solar and terrestrial radiation and indirectly by modifying the micro- and macro-physical properties of clouds. Near the surface, aerosol particles can dramatically reduce visibility and worsen the air quality, both of which have harmful effects on humans. Additionally, these aerosol particles can deposit on snow/ice surfaces, and then accelerate snowmelt and influence the regional hydrological and energy cycles. Therefore, quantifying the atmospheric chemistry and transportation of aerosols can provide a better understanding of their environmental and climate impacts.

To the best of our knowledge, the atmospheric chemistry and transportation of aerosols are not fully known due to a lack of measurements as well as the limitations of the physical and chemical processes of aerosols in models. Recent developments in remote sensing and Earth system models have led to substantial advances in understanding atmospheric chemistry and the transportation of aerosols. 

This collection acts as a platform to share and investigate this topic area and provides the opportunity to quantify aerosol chemistry and transportation. This will help us to better understand the impacts of aerosols on the environment and climate.

We call for papers that can improve our understanding of the characteristics of aerosols using satellite remote sensing and the evaluations of modeled aerosols. We aim to quantify the characteristics of the atmospheric chemistry and transportation of aerosols using remote sensing data, including spatial distributions, radiative effects, etc.

Potential research topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The microphysical and optical properties of aerosols.
• Understanding the long-range transport characteristics of aerosols.
• The vertical distribution of aerosol species (e.g., particle mass and size).
• The impacts of light-absorbing aerosols in snow/ice.
• The interaction of aerosol–cloud–precipitation–climate.
• The impacts of meteorological parameters on the changes in aerosol species.
• The effect of aerosols on extreme weather.

This Special Issue is the second edition of "Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry and Transportation of Aerosol by Remote Sensing and Modeling". Experts and scholars in related fields are welcome to submit their original works to this Special Issue.

Dr. Zhiyuan Hu
Prof. Dr. Xin Wang
Dr. Bing Pu
Dr. Yong Wang
Dr. Qiuyan Du
Guest Editors

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• aerosol
• aerosols species
• optical properties
• vertical profile
• long-range transport
• radiative forcing
• light-absorbing aerosol
• snow
• aerosol cloud
• extreme weather

• Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry and Transportation of Aerosol by Remote Sensing and Modeling in Remote Sensing (8 articles)