ACE-Asia Campaign

The overall goal of ACE-Asia is to reduce the uncertainty in climate forcing caused by aerosols over eastern Asia and the northwest Pacific and to develop a quantitative understanding of the multi-phase gas/aerosol particle/cloud system. To achieve these goals, the ACE-Asia Program as a whole will pursue three specific objectives:

Objective 1
Determine the physical, chemical, and radiative properties of the major aerosol types in the Eastern Asia and Northwest Pacific region and investigate the relationships among these properties.

Objective 2
Quantify the physical and chemical processes controlling the evolution of aerosols in the Eastern Asia and Northwest Pacific Region and in particular of their physical, chemical, and radiative properties.

Objective 3
Develop procedures to extrapolate aerosol properties and processes from local to regional and global scales, and assess the regional direct and indirect radiative forcing by aerosols in the Eastern Asia and Northwest Pacific region.