Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty

Li, Longlei; Mahowald, Natalie M.; Miller, Ron L.; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos; Klose, Martina; Hamilton, Douglas S.; Gonçalves Ageitos, Maria; Ginoux, Paul; Balkanski, Yves; Green, Robert O.; Kalashnikova, Olga; Kok, Jasper F.; Obiso, Vincenzo; Paynter, David; Thompson, David R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3973-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3973-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3973-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

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17 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 17 Mar 2021

Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty

Longlei Li, Natalie M. Mahowald, Ron L. Miller, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Martina Klose, Douglas S. Hamilton, Maria Gonçalves Ageitos, Paul Ginoux, Yves Balkanski, Robert O. Green, Olga Kalashnikova, Jasper F. Kok, Vincenzo Obiso, David Paynter, and David R. Thompson

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RC1: 'Review of Li et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Longlei Li, 17 Oct 2020
  - RC3: 'Reply', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2020
    - AC3: 'Response to RC3', Longlei Li, 06 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript 'Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty' by Li et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Oct 2020
- AC2: 'response to referee 2', Longlei Li, 17 Oct 2020
RC4: 'comment and suggestion on “Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty” by Longlei Li et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 18 Oct 2020
- AC4: 'Response to RC4', Longlei Li, 06 Dec 2020

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AR by Longlei Li on behalf of the Authors (07 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Dec 2020) by Joshua Fu

AR by Longlei Li on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Jan 2021) by Joshua Fu

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For the first time, this study quantifies the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to uncertainty in the soil mineral abundance using all currently available information. We show that the majority of the estimated direct radiative effect range is due to uncertainty in the simulated mass fractions of iron oxides and thus their soil abundance, which is independent of the model employed. We therefore prove the necessity of considering mineralogy for understanding dust–climate interactions.