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. The long-term temporal–spatial variations in the aerosol optical propertiesover the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the potential long-range transport fromsurrounding areas to the TP were analyzed in this work, by using multiple yearsof sun photometer measurements (CE318) at five stations in the TP, satelliteaerosol products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), back-trajectory analysis from the Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) and model simulations from the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS)-Chem chemistry transport model. The results from the ground-based observations showed that the annual aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 440 nm at most TP sites increased in recent decades with trends of 0.001±0.003 yr−1 at Lhasa, 0.013±0.003 yr−1 at Mt_WLG, 0.002±0.002 yr−1 at NAM_CO and 0.000±0.002 yr−1 at QOMS_CAS. The increasing trend was also found for the aerosol extinction Ångström exponent (EAE) at most sites with the exception of the Mt_WLG site. Spatially, the AOD at 550 nm observed from MODIS showed negative trends at the northwestedge close to the Taklimakan Desert and to the east of the Qaidam Basin andslightly positive trends in most of the other areas of the TP. Differentaerosol types and sources contributed to a polluted day (with CE318 AOD at440 nm &gt; 0.4) at the five sites on the TP: dust was the dominantaerosol type in Lhasa, Mt_WLG and Muztagh with sources in the Taklimakan Desert, but fine-aerosol pollution was dominant at NAM_CO and QOMS_CAS with transport from South Asia. A case of aerosol pollution at Lhasa, NAM_CO and QOMS_CAS during 28 April–3 May 2016 revealed that thesmoke aerosols from South Asia were lifted up to 10 km and transported tothe TP, while the dust from the Taklimakan Desert could climb the northslope of the TP and then be transported to the central TP. The long-rangetransport of aerosol thereby seriously impacted the aerosol loading over the TP.

Spatiotemporal variation of aerosol and potential long-range transport impact over the Tibetan Plateau, China