We review the major features of desert dust outbreaks that are relevant to the assessment of
dust impacts upon human health. Our ultimate goal is to provide scientific guidance for the …

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 …

Located in the dust belt, the Arabian Peninsula is a major source of atmospheric dust.
Frequent dust outbreaks and some 15 to 20 dust storms per year have profound effects on …

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 …

The Saharan Aerosol Long-Range Transport and Aerosol–Cloud-Interaction Experiment:
Overview and Selected Highlights in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society …

Mineral dust is an important component of the climate system, interacting with radiation,
clouds, and biogeochemical systems and impacting atmospheric circulation, air quality …

During four aircraft field experiments with the DLR research aircraft Falcon in 1998 (LACE),
2006 (SAMUM-1) and 2008 (SAMUM-2 and EUCAARI), airborne High Spectral Resolution …

The particle linear depolarization ratio δp of Saharan dust, marine aerosols and mixtures of
biomass-burning aerosols from southern West Africa and Saharan dust was determined at …

We present a 3-D climatology of the desert dust distribution over South and East Asia
derived using CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) …

New in-situ aircraft measurements of Saharan dust originating from Mali, Mauritania and
Algeria taken during the Fennec 2011 aircraft campaign over a remote part of the Sahara …