Mineral Dust A Key Player in the Earth System /

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...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Knippertz, Peter (Editor), Stuut, Jan-Berend W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8978-3
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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.