An improved dust emission model – Part 2: Evaluation in the Community  Earth System Model, with implications for the use of dust source functions

Kok, J. F.; Albani, S.; Mahowald, N. M.; Ward, D. S.

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An improved dust emission model – Part 2: Evaluation in the Community Earth System Model, with implications for the use of dust source functions

J. F. Kok, S. Albani, N. M. Mahowald, and D. S. Ward

J. F. Kok

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jfkok@ucla.edu

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

S. Albani

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

N. M. Mahowald

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

D. S. Ward

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

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