Desert-Dust Aerosols in the Earth System
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2020) | Viewed by 10714
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Desert-dust aerosols in the atmosphere affect the regional climate and have socio-economic impacts. Despite the importance of understanding and predicting dust aerosols, atmospheric models show uncertainties in simulating dust. Moreover, it is difficult to simultaneously measure dust-aerosol effects on weather and climate during co-occuring meteorological changes. This Special Issue invites manuscripts that present new research results on desert-dust aerosols in the Earth system. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to:
- statistical assessments of the emissions, loading, deposition, and properties of dust aerosols;
- quantifications of effects of dust aerosols on climate via aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions;
- investigations of feedback mechanisms involving dust aerosols;
- inter-comparison studies of dust-aerosol datasets; and
- studies on processes involved in emission, vertical mixing and multi-scale transport mechanisms of dust aerosols.
Studies that use observational data, numerical modeling, laboratory measurements, or theoretical approaches are equally welcome.
Dr. Stephanie Fiedler
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mineral-dust aerosols
- desert storms
- aeolian processes
- dust effects on climate
- aerosol life-cycle
- dust modeling
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