The DOE E3SM model version 2: Overview of the physical model and initial model evaluation

JC Golaz, LP Van Roekel, X Zheng… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This work documents version two of the Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth
System Model (E3SM). E3SMv2 is a significant evolution from its predecessor E3SMv1 …

Ice‐nucleating particles that impact clouds and climate: Observational and modeling research needs

SM Burrows, CS McCluskey, G Cornwell… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric ice‐nucleating particles (INPs) play a critical role in cloud freezing processes,
with important implications for precipitation formation and cloud radiative properties, and …

[HTML][HTML] How well do the CMIP6 models simulate dust aerosols?

A Zhao, CL Ryder, LJ Wilcox - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Mineral dust impacts key processes in the Earth system, including the radiation budget,
clouds, and nutrient cycles. We evaluate dust aerosols in 16 models participating in the sixth …

[HTML][HTML] Record-breaking dust loading during two mega dust storm events over northern China in March 2021: Aerosol optical and radiative properties and …

K Gui, W Yao, H Che, L An, Y Zheng, L Li… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Although a remarkable reduction in the frequency of sand and dust storms (SDSs) in the
past several decades has been reported over northern China (NC), two unexpected mega …

New insights into the Asian dust cycle derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements

Y Han, T Wang, J Tang, C Wang, B Jian… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A full understanding of the Asian dust cycle can help with evaluation of the profound impact
of mineral dust on human health, the ecosystem, the terrestrial and oceanic biogeochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Global dust optical depth climatology derived from CALIOP and MODIS aerosol retrievals on decadal timescales: regional and interannual variability

Q Song, Z Zhang, H Yu, P Ginoux… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We derived two observation-based global monthly mean dust aerosol optical depth (DAOD)
climatological datasets from 2007 to 2019 with a 2∘(latitude)× 5∘(longitude) spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Relative importance of high-latitude local and long-range-transported dust for Arctic ice-nucleating particles and impacts on Arctic mixed-phase clouds

Y Shi, X Liu, M Wu, X Zhao, Z Ke… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Dust particles, serving as ice-nucleating particles (INPs), may impact the Arctic surface
energy budget and regional climate by modulating the mixed-phase cloud properties and …

Global dust cycle and direct radiative effect in E3SM version 1: Impact of increasing model resolution

Y Feng, H Wang, PJ Rasch, K Zhang… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of dust aerosols in Earth System Models (ESMs) has important implications for
water cycle and biogeochemistry studies. This study examines the global life cycle and …

Linking the different diameter types of aspherical desert dust indicates that models underestimate coarse dust emission

Y Huang, AA Adebiyi, P Formenti… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of dust aerosol size usually obtain the optical or projected area‐equivalent
diameters, whereas model calculations of dust impacts use the geometric or aerodynamic …

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 …