1 Dusty cloud properties and radiative forcing over dust source and remote regions derived from CERES/CALIPSO during PACDEX Wencai Wang 1 , Jianping Huang 1 , Patrick Minnis 2 , Yongxiang Hu 2 Jiming Li 1 , Zhongwei Huang 1 and J. Kirk Ayers 3 1 Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education， College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 2 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 23666 3 SSAI, Hampton, One Enterprise Parkway, Hampton, VA, 23666 Submitted to: JGR CALIPSO Special Issue