Global and regional importance of the direct dust-climate feedback

Jasper F. Kok; Daniel S. Ward; Natalie M. Mahowald; Amato T. Evan

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02620-y

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Global and regional importance of the direct dust-climate feedback

Jasper F. Kok,
Daniel S. Ward,
Natalie M. Mahowald,
Amato T. Evan

Affiliations

Jasper F. Kok: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California
Daniel S. Ward: Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University
Natalie M. Mahowald: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Amato T. Evan: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02620-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Feedbacks between desert dust and climate might have amplified past climate changes, yet their role in future climate change is unclear. Here the authors find that dust feedbacks could play a key role in the future climates of Northern Africa, the Sahel, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

Published in Nature Communications

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