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 …

The physics of wind-blown loess: Implications for grain size proxy interpretations in Quaternary paleoclimate studies

G Újvári, JF Kok, G Varga, J Kovács - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Loess deposits are recorders of aeolian activity during past glaciations. Since the size
distribution of loess deposits depends on distance to the dust source, and environmental …

A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols suggests climate models underestimate the size of the global dust cycle

JF Kok - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Mineral dust aerosols impact Earth's radiation budget through interactions with clouds,
ecosystems, and radiation, which constitutes a substantial uncertainty in understanding past …

Size distribution of particles in Saturn's rings from aggregation and fragmentation

N Brilliantov, PL Krapivsky, A Bodrova… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Saturn's rings consist of a huge number of water ice particles, with a tiny addition of rocky
material. They form a flat disk, as the result of an interplay of angular momentum …

Antarctic icebergs distributions 1992–2014

J Tournadre, N Bouhier… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Basal melting of floating ice shelves and iceberg calving constitute the two almost equal
paths of freshwater flux between the Antarctic ice cap and the Southern Ocean. The largest …

Mineral dust cycle in the Multiscale Online Nonhydrostatic AtmospheRe CHemistry model (MONARCH) version 2.0

M Klose, O Jorba, M Gonçalves Ageitos… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
We present the dust module in the Multiscale Online Non-hydrostatic AtmospheRe
CHemistry model (MONARCH) Version 2.0, a chemical weather prediction system that can …

Fragmentation processes in impact of spheres

HA Carmona, FK Wittel, F Kun, HJ Herrmann - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2008 - APS
We study the brittle fragmentation of spheres by using a three-dimensional discrete element
model. Large scale computer simulations are performed with a model that consists of …

Numerical investigation of blast-induced rock fragmentation

J Tao, XG Yang, HT Li, JW Zhou, SC Qi… - Computers and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Optimum fragmentation of rocks during blasting is pivotal for the productivity of mining and
civil engineering systems. Extensive studies on the ubiquitous fragmentation phenomena in …

A review of mechanisms and models for dynamic failure, strength, and fragmentation

KT Ramesh, JD Hogan, J Kimberley… - Planetary and Space …, 2015 - Elsevier
Modeling of catastrophic disruption requires understanding the processes of dynamic failure
and fragmentation. This paper summarizes current mechanisms and models for dynamic …

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 …