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 …

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 …

Overview of ice nucleating particles

ZA Kanji, LA Ladino, H Wex, Y Boose… - Meteorological …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ice particle formation in tropospheric clouds significantly changes cloud radiative and
microphysical properties. Ice nucleation in the troposphere via homogeneous freezing …

[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 …

Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements

KD Froyd, P Yu, GP Schill, CA Brock, A Kupc… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Airborne mineral dust particles can act as natural seeds for cirrus clouds in the upper
troposphere. However, the atmospheric abundance of dust is unconstrained in cirrus …

Regionally sourced bioaerosols drive high-temperature ice nucleating particles in the Arctic

G Pereira Freitas, K Adachi, F Conen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP) play an important role in the climate system,
facilitating the formation of ice within clouds, consequently PBAP may be important in …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the impact of desert dust outbreaks for air quality for health studies

X Querol, A Tobías, N Pérez, A Karanasiou… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The provenance of Taklamakan desert sand

M Rittner, P Vermeesch, A Carter, A Bird… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Sand migration in the vast Taklamakan desert within the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous region, PR China) is governed by two competing transport agents: wind and …

[HTML][HTML] The discovery of African dust transport to the Western Hemisphere and the Saharan air layer: A history

JM Prospero, AC Delany, AC Delany… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Discovery of African Dust Transport to the Western Hemisphere and the Saharan Air Layer:
A History in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 102 Issue 6 (2021) Jump …

[HTML][HTML] Utilizing cloud computing to address big geospatial data challenges

C Yang, M Yu, F Hu, Y Jiang, Y Li - Computers, environment and urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Big Data has emerged with new opportunities for research, development, innovation and
business. It is characterized by the so-called four Vs: volume, velocity, veracity and variety …