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Recent progress in understanding physical and chemical properties of African and Asian mineral dust
Konrad KandlerStephan WeinbruchYves BalkanskiKarine DesboeufsAndreas PetzoldPaola FormentiDaizhou ZhangLothar SchützMartin EbertDirk ScheuvensDirk Scheuvenssubject
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]Atmospheric Science010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesMeteorologyEarth scienceDust particlesAtmosphärische Spurenstoffe010501 environmental sciencesMineral dustMineral dust01 natural scienceslcsh:QC1-999AerosolSAMUMlcsh:Chemistrylcsh:QD1-99913. Climate actionEnvironmental scienceParticleCritical assessmentlcsh:Physics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdescription
International audience; This paper presents a review of recently acquired knowledge on the physico-chemical properties of mineral dust from Africa and Asia based on data presented and discussed during the Third International Dust Workshop, held in Leipzig (Germany) in September 2008. Various regional field experiments have been conducted in the last few years, mostly close to source regions or after short-range transport. Although significant progress has been made in characterising the regional variability of dust properties close to source regions, in particular the mineralogy of iron and the description of particle shape and mixing state, difficulties remain in estimating the range of variability of those properties within one given source region. As consequence , the impact of these parameters on aerosol properties like optical properties, solubility, hygroscopicity, etc.-determining the dust impact on climate-is only partly understood. Long-term datasets in remote regions such as the dust source regions remain a major desideratum. Future work should also focus on the evolution of dust properties during transport. In particular, the prediction of the mineral dust size distribution at emission and their evolution during transport should be considered as a high-priority. Correspondence to: P. Formenti (formenti@lisa.u-pec.fr) From the methodological point of view, a critical assessment and standardisation of the experimental and analytical techniques is highly recommended. Techniques to characterize the internal state of mixing of dust particles, particularly with organic material, should be further developed.
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2011-01-01 |