Stratospheric impacts on dust transport and air pollution in West Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean

Ying Dai; Peter Hitchcock; Natalie M. Mahowald; Daniela I. V. Domeisen; Douglas S. Hamilton; Longlei Li; Beatrice Marticorena; Maria Kanakidou; Nikolaos Mihalopoulos; Adwoa Aboagye-Okyere

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35403-1

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Stratospheric impacts on dust transport and air pollution in West Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean

Ying Dai,
Peter Hitchcock,
Natalie M. Mahowald,
Daniela I. V. Domeisen,
Douglas S. Hamilton,
Longlei Li,
Beatrice Marticorena,
Maria Kanakidou,
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos,
Adwoa Aboagye-Okyere

Affiliations

Ying Dai: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Peter Hitchcock: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Natalie M. Mahowald: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Daniela I. V. Domeisen: University of Lausanne
Douglas S. Hamilton: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Longlei Li: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Beatrice Marticorena: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, Universités Paris Est-Paris Diderot-Paris 7
Maria Kanakidou: Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos: Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory (ECPL), Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
Adwoa Aboagye-Okyere: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35403-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Today, most operational dust forecasts extend only 2-5 days. New research finds that the stratosphere exerts long-lasting influence on Saharan dust emission and transport, contributing to subseasonal predictability for dust and air pollution over West Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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