[HTML][HTML] Ice nucleation by particles immersed in supercooled cloud droplets

BJ Murray, D O'sullivan, JD Atkinson… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of ice particles in the Earth's atmosphere strongly affects the properties of
clouds and their impact on climate. Despite the importance of ice formation in determining …

Wind erosion and dust from US drylands: a review of causes, consequences, and solutions in a changing world

MC Duniway, AA Pfennigwerth, SE Fick… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Erosion by wind is one of the principal processes associated with land degradation in
drylands and is a significant concern to land managers and policymakers globally. In the …

[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 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 …

The global distribution of mineral dust and its impacts on the climate system: A review

OA Choobari, P Zawar-Reza, A Sturman - Atmospheric Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Mineral dust aerosols, the tiny soil particles suspended in the atmosphere, have a key role in
the atmospheric radiation budget and hydrological cycle through their radiative and cloud …

Global‐scale attribution of anthropogenic and natural dust sources and their emission rates based on MODIS Deep Blue aerosol products

P Ginoux, JM Prospero, TE Gill, NC Hsu… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the global dust cycle is limited by a dearth of information about dust
sources, especially small‐scale features which could account for a large fraction of global …

Validation, stability, and consistency of MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Version 1 Deep Blue aerosol data over land

AM Sayer, NC Hsu, J Lee, WV Kim… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Deep Blue (DB) algorithm has been used to retrieve aerosol optical depth
(AOD) and Ångström exponent (AE) over land from multiple satellite instruments, including …

Rainforest aerosols as biogenic nuclei of clouds and precipitation in the Amazon

U Pöschl, ST Martin, B Sinha, Q Chen, SS Gunthe… - science, 2010 - science.org
The Amazon is one of the few continental regions where atmospheric aerosol particles and
their effects on climate are not dominated by anthropogenic sources. During the wet season …

Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

BA Maher, JM Prospero, D Mackie, D Gaiero… - Earth-Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
Palaeo-dust records in sediments and ice cores show that wind-borne mineral aerosol
('dust') is strongly linked with climate state. During glacial climate stages, for example, the …

Mineral dust aerosols over the Sahara: Meteorological controls on emission and transport and implications for modeling

P Knippertz, MC Todd - Reviews of Geophysics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric mineral dust has recently become an important research field in Earth system
science because of its impacts on radiation, clouds, atmospheric dynamics and chemistry …