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Member Since 1989
Mian Chin
Physical Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Physical Scientist
1987 - Present
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1992
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2021
Citation
for pioneering work and leadership in integrating models and satellites to advance the understanding of atmospheric aerosols distributions and climate impacts.
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Current Roles
Member
Atmospheric Sciences Yoram J. Kaufman Award Committee
Publications
Where Dust Comes From: Global Assessment of Dust Source Attributions With AeroCom Models

The source of dust in the global atmosphere is an important factor to better understand the role of dust aerosols in the climate system. However, i...

August 17, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Estimate of Dust Flux and Other Aerosol Flux Into the Polar Region
DUST IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: FROM SMALL‐SCALE INSIGHTS TO LARGE‐SCALE UNDERSTANDING III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Qian Tan, Hongbin Yu, Chamara Rajapakshe, Mian Chi...
We estimate the dust flux and flux of other major types of aerosols into the polar region using both spaceborne lidar, i.e. NASA CALIOP, and model sim...
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Dust source attribution to the global land and ocean regions
DUST IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: FROM SMALL‐SCALE INSIGHTS TO LARGE‐SCALE UNDERSTANDING III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Dongchul Kim, Mian Chin, Gregory L. Schuster, Hong...
The major source of global dust is well established as most of them are originated from a few major source regions of North Africa, Middle East, and A...
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Analyzing key controlling factors of AOD-PM2.5 relationship on different time scales in the context of using GEO-LEO satellite observations for air quality research and applications
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL NEAR-SURFACE AEROSOL PARTICULATE MATTER (E.G., PM<SUB>2.5</SUB>) USING MEASUREMENTS, RETRIEVALS, AND/OR MODEL SIMULATIONS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2023
Mian Chin, Huisheng Bian, Qian Tan, Tianle Yuan, H...
In this study, we explore how to use the aerosol optical depth (AOD) data from both low earth orbiting (LEO) and geostationary (GEO) satellites for ai...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2024
Member
Atmospheric Sciences Yoram J. Kaufman Award Committee
2018 - 2019
Associate Editor
JGR Atmospheres Section
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