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Wildfires as a source of airborne mineral dust – revisiting a conceptual model using large-eddy simulation (LES)
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig,
Germany
Michael Jähn
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig,
Germany
now at: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science
and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland
Kerstin Schepanski
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig,
Germany
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Wildfires can disturb the lower tropospheric wind conditions and are able to mobilize and inject mineral dust particles into the atmosphere. This study presents a conceptual model of fire-driven dust emissions using large-eddy simulations and evaluates how efficiently wildfires are able to modify the near-surface winds. The results show that typical threshold velocities necessary for dust emission are frequently exceeded and wildfires should be considered a source of airborne mineral dust.
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