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However, the long-term spatial and temporal variations in dust concentrations in China is still unknown. Here, we simulated the spatial and temporal variations in spring dust concentrations in China from 2000 to 2020 using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem). The results showed that the configured WRF-Chem model in this study reproduced the spatial patterns and temporal variations of dust aerosols. The annual mean spring dust concentration at the country level was 26.95 g kg\u22121-dry air and showed a slightly increasing trend in China during 2000\u20132020. There were clear spatial differences and inter-annual variations in dust concentrations. The dust concentration generally decreased from the dust source regions of the northwest to the southeast regions of China. Obvious increasing and decreasing trends in spring dust concentrations were identified in the regions of northern Xinjiang and Gansu and in the regions of southern Xinjiang and western Inner Mongolia, respectively. In May, the dust concentration showed an increasing trend in most regions of northwestern China. This provided the basic information for insight into the long-term spatial and temporal variations in spring dust concentrations in China.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14236090","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,1]],"date-time":"2022-12-01T03:32:25Z","timestamp":1669865545000},"page":"6090","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Spatial and Temporal Variations in Spring Dust Concentrations from 2000 to 2020 in China: Simulations with WRF-Chem"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Feng","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education (Henan University), Kaifeng 475004, China"},{"name":"Henan Key Laboratory of Integrated Air Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China"}]},{"given":"Mengqiang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education (Henan University), Kaifeng 475004, China"},{"name":"Henan Key Laboratory of Integrated Air Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0777-3116","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yunfeng","family":"Kong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education (Henan University), Kaifeng 475004, China"},{"name":"Institute of Urban Big Data, College of Geography and Environmental Science, Kaifeng 475004, China"}]},{"given":"Haopeng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education (Henan University), Kaifeng 475004, China"},{"name":"Institute of Urban Big Data, College of Geography and Environmental Science, Kaifeng 475004, China"}]},{"given":"Xutong","family":"Ru","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education (Henan University), Kaifeng 475004, China"},{"name":"Institute of Urban Big Data, College of Geography and Environmental Science, Kaifeng 475004, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2900-1651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hongquan","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education (Henan University), Kaifeng 475004, China"},{"name":"Henan Key Laboratory of Integrated Air Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"D11204","DOI":"10.1029\/2012JD017513","article-title":"Spatial and temporal variation of the impact of an extreme Saharan dust event","volume":"117","author":"Cabello","year":"2012","journal-title":"J. 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