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Desert dust and its impact on air quality and climate
Editor(s): Y.-S. Chung, G. Kallos, W. K. Lau, N. Mihalopoulos, C. Mitsakou, and X. Querol




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The effects of mineral dust particles, aerosol regeneration and ice nucleation parameterizations on clouds and precipitation
A. Teller, L. Xue, and Z. Levin
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 9303-9320, 2012
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 7044 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  12 Oct 2012
Implementation of dust emission and chemistry into the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system and initial application to an Asian dust storm episode
K. Wang, Y. Zhang, A. Nenes, and C. Fountoukis
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 10209-10237, 2012
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 5612 KB)   Supplement (3673 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  06 Nov 2012
Dust emission size distribution impact on aerosol budget and radiative forcing over the Mediterranean region: a regional climate model approach
P. Nabat, F. Solmon, M. Mallet, J. F. Kok, and S. Somot
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 10545-10567, 2012
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 6912 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  12 Nov 2012
Parameterization of dust emissions in the global atmospheric chemistry-climate model EMAC: impact of nudging and soil properties
M. Astitha, J. Lelieveld, M. Abdel Kader, A. Pozzer, and A. de Meij
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 11057-11083, 2012
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1517 KB)   Supplement (561 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  22 Nov 2012
Density currents as a desert dust mobilization mechanism
S. Solomos, G. Kallos, E. Mavromatidis, and J. Kushta
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 11199-11211, 2012
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 3589 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  27 Nov 2012
Asian dust storm observed at a rural mountain site in southern China: chemical evolution and heterogeneous photochemistry
W. Nie, T. Wang, L. K. Xue, A. J. Ding, X. F. Wang, X. M. Gao, Z. Xu, Y. C. Yu, C. Yuan, Z. S. Zhou, R. Gao, X. H. Liu, Y. Wang, S. J. Fan, S. Poon, Q. Z. Zhang, and W. X. Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 11985-11995, 2012
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 3093 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  17 Dec 2012
African dust outbreaks over the Mediterranean Basin during 2001–2011: PM10 concentrations, phenomenology and trends, and its relation with synoptic and mesoscale meteorology
J. Pey, X. Querol, A. Alastuey, F. Forastiere, and M. Stafoggia
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1395-1410, 2013
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 3151 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  04 Feb 2013
Using the significant dust deposition event on the glaciers of Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus Mountains, Russia on 5 May 2009 to develop a method for dating and "provenancing" of desert dust events recorded in snow pack
M. Shahgedanova, S. Kutuzov, K. H. White, and G. Nosenko
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1797-1808, 2013
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 10612 KB)   Supplement (44 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  18 Feb 2013
Comparing two years of Saharan dust source activation obtained by regional modelling and satellite observations
I. Tegen, K. Schepanski, and B. Heinold
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 2381-2390, 2013
 Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2149 KB)   Discussion Paper (ACPD)


  01 Mar 2013