Mineral Dust A Key Player in the Earth System /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Knippertz, Peter (Editor), Stuut, Jan-Berend W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Physical Geography.

This volume presents state-of-the-art research about mineral dust, including results from field campaigns, satellite observations, laboratory studies, computer modelling and theoretical studies. Dust research is a new, dynamic and fast-growing area of science and due to its multiple roles in the Ear...

Table of Contents:

• Mineral Dust: A Key Player in The Earth System
• On Composition, Morphology and Size Distribution of Airborne Mineral Dust
• Identifying Sources of Aeolian Mineral Dust: Present and Past
• Processing / Ageing in the Atmosphere
• Dust Production Mechanisms
• Meteorological Aspects of Dust Storms
• Dust Observations and Climatology
• Dust Deposition
• Numerical Dust Models
• Operational Dust Prediction
• Radiative Effects of Dust
• Mineral Dust and Its Microphysical Interactions with Clouds
• Impact of Dust Radiative Forcing upon Climate
• Biogeochemical Impacts of Dust on the Global Carbon Cycle
• Dust and Human Health
• Loess Records
• Subaquatic Dust Deposits
• Ice Core Archives of Mineral Dust.