Distinct chemical and mineralogical composition of Icelandic dust compared to northern African and Asian dust

Baldo, Clarissa; Formenti, Paola; Nowak, Sophie; Chevaillier, Servanne; Cazaunau, Mathieu; Pangui, Edouard; Di Biagio, Claudia; Doussin, Jean-Francois; Ignatyev, Konstantin; Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Pavla; Arnalds, Olafur; MacKenzie, A. Robert; Shi, Zongbo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13521-2020

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Distinct chemical and mineralogical composition of Icelandic dust compared to northern African and Asian dust

Clarissa Baldo, Paola Formenti, Sophie Nowak, Servanne Chevaillier, Mathieu Cazaunau, Edouard Pangui, Claudia Di Biagio, Jean-Francois Doussin, Konstantin Ignatyev, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Olafur Arnalds, A. Robert MacKenzie, and Zongbo Shi

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Research data supporting "Distinct chemical and mineralogical composition of Icelandic dust compared to Northern African and Asian dust" Clarissa Baldo https://doi.org/10.25500/edata.bham.00000565

Short summary

We showed that Icelandic dust has a fundamentally different chemical and mineralogical composition from low-latitude dust. In particular, magnetite is as high as 1 %–2 % of the total dust mass. Our results suggest that Icelandic dust may have an important impact on the radiation balance in the subpolar and polar regions.