Inthispaper,thecharacteristicsofeasternAsianduststormareexaminedwithemphasisonthesatellitemeasurementsofaerosolopticalthickness.Thereflectivityofsolarradiationfromtheearth’satmospheredependsontheopticalthickness.Thesatellitemeasurementofradianceofsunlight,scatteredbytheearthanditsatmosphere,isusedtoderivethepropertiesofaerosolonoceanicsurfaces.Thispaperinvolvesthefollowing:(1)investigationofthemeasurementofduststormovertheoceanicsurfacebyGMSsatellite;(2)investigationofthemeasurementofduststormoverthelandsurfacebyground-basedinstrumentssuchasactinometer,lidar,etc.;(3)forcomparison,derivinganatmosphericaerosolsizedistributionovertheoceanicsurfaceofcalmweatherthroughmeasurementsofNOAAsatellite;and(4)theweatherprocessanditsmassloadofeasternAsianduststorm.
