The physics of wind-blown sand and dust

JF Kok, EJR Parteli, TI Michaels… - Reports on progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The transport of sand and dust by wind is a potent erosional force, creates sand dunes and
ripples, and loads the atmosphere with suspended dust aerosols. This paper presents an …

Interactions of water with mineral dust aerosol: water adsorption, hygroscopicity, cloud condensation, and ice nucleation

M Tang, DJ Cziczo, VH Grassian - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mineral dust aerosol is one of the major types of aerosol present in the troposphere. The
molecular level interactions of water vapor with mineral dust are of global significance …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part I: System description and data assimilation evaluation

CA Randles, AM Da Silva, V Buchard… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data
Assimilation Evaluation in: Journal of Climate Volume 30 Issue 17 (2017) Jump to Content …

[HTML][HTML] The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part II: Evaluation and case studies

V Buchard, CA Randles, AM Da Silva… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies in:
Journal of Climate Volume 30 Issue 17 (2017) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Smaller desert dust cooling effect estimated from analysis of dust size and abundance

JF Kok, DA Ridley, Q Zhou, RL Miller, C Zhao… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Desert dust aerosols affect Earth's global energy balance through direct interactions with
radiation, and through indirect interactions with clouds and ecosystems. But the magnitudes …

Development and evaluation of an Earth-System model–HadGEM2

WJ Collins, N Bellouin… - Geoscientific Model …, 2011 - gmd.copernicus.org
We describe here the development and evaluation of an Earth system model suitable for
centennial-scale climate prediction. The principal new components added to the physical …

[HTML][HTML] The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

N Mahowald, S Albani, JF Kok, S Engelstaeder… - Aeolian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The global cycle of desert dust aerosols responds strongly to climate and human
perturbations, and, in turn, impacts climate and biogeochemistry. Here we focus on desert …

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 …

Palaeoclimatic records of the loess/palaeosol sequences of the Chinese Loess Plateau

BA Maher - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Whether during past climate stages or into a progressively warming world, changes in
precipitation constitute a key component of climatic change. Quantitative proxies for palaeo …