A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system

A Adebiyi, JF Kok, BJ Murray, CL Ryder, JBW Stuut… - Aeolian Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Mineral dust particles suspended in the atmosphere span more than three orders of
magnitude in diameter, from< 0.1 µm to more than 100 µm. This wide size range makes dust …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust

JF Kok, AA Adebiyi, S Albani… - Atmospheric …, 2021‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Even though desert dust is the most abundant aerosol by mass in Earth's atmosphere, the
relative contributions of the world's major source regions to the global dust cycle remain …

Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance

JF Kok, AA Adebiyi, S Albani… - Atmospheric …, 2020‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Even though desert dust is the most abundant aerosol by mass in Earth's atmosphere,
atmospheric models struggle to accurately represent its spatial and temporal distribution …

Improved parameterization for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols reduces model underestimation of super coarse dust

J Meng, Y Huang, DM Leung, L Li… - Geophysical …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aircraft measurement campaigns have revealed that super coarse dust (diameter> 10 μm)
surprisingly accounts for approximately a quarter of aerosols by mass in the atmosphere …

Long-range transport of coarse mineral dust: an evaluation of the Met Office Unified Model against aircraft observations

NG Ratcliffe, CL Ryder, N Bellouin… - Atmospheric …, 2024‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Coarse mineral dust particles have been observed much further from the Sahara than
expected based on theory. They have impacts different to finer particles on Earth's radiative …

Spatial source contribution and interannual variation in deposition of dust aerosols over the Chinese Loess Plateau

OW Haugvaldstad, H Tang, A Kaakinen… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) in northern China is home to one of the most
prominent loess records in the world, reflecting past eolian dust activity in East Asia …

Direct numerical simulation of sand particles transporting in the atmospheric Ekman boundary layer

Y Wang, CY Li, DZ Peng, KT Tim - Flow, 2024‏ - cambridge.org
This study presents a direct numerical simulation that investigates the transport mechanisms
of sand particles in the neutrally stable atmospheric Ekman boundary layer (AEBL). The …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the mechanism of dust transferring from Iraq to the north of Alborz mountains in Iran

S Karami, Z Ghassabi, P Rezazadeh - Journal of Air Pollution and …, 2022‏ - japh.tums.ac.ir
Introduction: Recently, due to climate change, the number and intensity of dust sources are
increasing, which leads to the occurrence of dust storms. Atmospheric patterns governing …

Turbulent kinetic energy budgets over gentle topography covered by forests

B Chen, M Chamecki - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2023‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Large-eddy simulations of flow over a “horizontally” uniform model forest are used to
investigate the effects of gentle topography on the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) budget …

Impact of Topographic Wind Conditions on Dust Particle Size Distribution: Insights from a Regional Dust Reanalysis Dataset

X Huang, W Gao, H Foroutan - EGUsphere, 2024‏ - egusphere.copernicus.org
The size of windblown dust particles plays a critical role in determining their geochemical
and climate impacts. This study investigates the relationship between topographic wind …