North African dust emissions and transport

被引:491
作者
Engelstaedter, Sebastian
Tegen, Ina
Washington, Richard
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Ctr Environm, Climate Res Lab, Oxford OX1 3QY, England
[2] Inst Tropospher Res, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
关键词
dust aerosols; emission; atmospheric transport; dust variability; North Africa; Sahel;
D O I
10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.06.004
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The need for a better understanding of the role of atmospheric dust in the climate system and its impact on the environment has led to research of the underlying causes of dust variability in space and time in recent decades. North Africa is one of the largest dust producing regions in the world with dust emissions being highly variable on time scales ranging from diurnal to multiannual. Changes in the dust loading are expected to have an impact on regional and global climate, the biogeochemical cycle, and human environments. The development of satellite derived products of global dust distributions has improved our understanding of dust source regions and transport pathways in the recent years. Dust models are now capable of reproducing more realistic patterns of dust distributions due to an improved parameterization of land surface conditions. A recent field campaign has improved our understanding of the natural environment and emission processes of the most intense and persistent dust sources in the world, the Bodele Depression in Chad. In situ measurements of dust properties during air craft observations in and down wind of source regions have led to new estimates of the radiative forcing effects which are crucial in predicting future climate change. With a focus on the North African desert regions, this paper provides a review of the understanding of dust source regions, the variability of dust emissions, climatic controls of dust entrainment and transport, the role of human impact on dust emission, and recent developments of global and regional dust models. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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