[HTML][HTML] Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S Fuzzi, U Baltensperger, K Carslaw… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased
enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year …

[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 …

[图书][B] Desert dust in the global system

AS Goudie, NJ Middleton - 2006 - books.google.com
Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a
vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling …

African dust outbreaks over the Mediterranean Basin during 2001–2011: PM10 concentrations, phenomenology and trends, and its relation with synoptic and …

J Pey, X Querol, A Alastuey, F Forastiere… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
The occurrence of African dust outbreaks over the whole Mediterranean Basin has been
studied on an 11-yr period (2001–2011). In order to evaluate the impact of such mineral dust …

[HTML][HTML] Transport of mineral dust and its impact on climate

K Schepanski - Geosciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mineral dust plays a pivotal role in the Earth's system. Dust modulates the global energy
budget directly via its interactions with radiation and indirectly via its influence on cloud and …

African dust contributions to mean ambient PM10 mass-levels across the Mediterranean Basin

X Querol, J Pey, M Pandolfi, A Alastuey… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
Data on mass-levels of PM10 measured at regional background sites across the
Mediterranean Basin, available from Airbase (European Environmental Agency) and from a …

Desert Dust Outbreaks in Southern Europe: Contribution to Daily PM10 Concentrations and Short-Term Associations with Mortality and Hospital Admissions

M Stafoggia, S Zauli-Sajani, J Pey… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Evidence on the association between short-term exposure to desert dust and
health outcomes is controversial. Objectives: We aimed to estimate the short-term effects of …

Health effects from Sahara dust episodes in Europe: literature review and research gaps

A Karanasiou, N Moreno, T Moreno, M Viana… - Environment …, 2012 - Elsevier
The adverse consequences of particulate matter (PM) on human health have been well
documented. Recently, special attention has been given to mineral dust particles, which may …

Variability of Particle Number, Black Carbon, and PM10, PM2.5, and PM1 Levels and Speciation: Influence of Road Traffic Emissions on Urban Air Quality

N Pérez, J Pey, M Cusack, C Reche… - Aerosol Science and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Measurements of particle number concentration (N), black carbon (BC), and PM 10, PM 2.5,
and PM 1 levels and speciation were carried out at an urban background monitoring site in …

Paleoclimate and paleoceanography over the past 20,000 yr in the Mediterranean Sea Basins as indicated by sediment elemental proxies

F Martinez-Ruiz, M Kastner, D Gallego-Torres… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Marine sediments record paleoenvironmental changes over time through variations in major
and trace element concentrations. The main objective of this paper is to review such …