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 …

Interactions of Asian mineral dust with Indian summer monsoon: Recent advances and challenges

Q Jin, J Wei, WKM Lau, B Pu, C Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is one of the world's strongest monsoon systems that
brings about eighty percent of the annual rainfall to the Indian subcontinent and impacts the …

[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 …

Enhanced dust emission following large wildfires due to vegetation disturbance

Y Yu, P Ginoux - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Large wildfires reduce vegetation cover and soil moisture, leaving the temporally degraded
landscapes an emergent source of dust emission. However, the global extent of post-fire …

Atmospheric rivers drive exceptional Saharan dust transport towards Europe

D Francis, R Fonseca, N Nelli, D Bozkurt, G Picard… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study highlights the occurrence of atmospheric rivers (ARs) over northwest Africa
towards Europe, which were accompanied by intense episodes of Saharan dust transport all …

[HTML][HTML] Depolarization and lidar ratios at 355, 532, and 1064 nm and microphysical properties of aged tropospheric and stratospheric Canadian wildfire smoke

M Haarig, A Ansmann, H Baars… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
We present spectrally resolved optical and microphysical properties of western Canadian
wildfire smoke observed in a tropospheric layer from 5–6.5 km height and in a stratospheric …

Reducing Aerosol Forcing Uncertainty by Combining Models With Satellite and Within‐The‐Atmosphere Observations: A Three‐Way Street

RA Kahn, E Andrews, CA Brock, M Chin… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol forcing uncertainty represents the largest climate forcing uncertainty overall. Its
magnitude has remained virtually undiminished over the past 20 years despite considerable …

[HTML][HTML] Extinction and optical depth retrievals for CALIPSO's Version 4 data release

SA Young, MA Vaughan, A Garnier… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
The Cloud–Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) on board the Cloud–
Aerosol Lidar Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite has been …

CALIPSO lidar level 3 aerosol profile product: Version 3 algorithm design

JL Tackett, DM Winker, BJ Getzewich… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
The CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) level 3
aerosol profile product reports globally gridded, quality-screened, monthly mean aerosol …

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 …