A revised mineral dust emission scheme in GEOS-Chem: improvements in dust simulations over China

Tian, Rong; Ma, Xiaoyan; Zhao, Jianqi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4319-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4319-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4319-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

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22 Mar 2021

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| 22 Mar 2021

A revised mineral dust emission scheme in GEOS-Chem: improvements in dust simulations over China

Rong Tian, Xiaoyan Ma, and Jianqi Zhao

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RC1: 'commenting dust emission scheme paper', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Rong Tian, 26 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Comments to “A revised mineral dust emission scheme in GEOS-Chem: improvements in dust simulations over China”', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Rong Tian, 26 Jan 2021

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ED: Publish as is (09 Feb 2021) by Sachin S. Gunthe

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We improve the treatment of the dust emission process in GEOS-Chem by considering the effect of geographical variation of aerodynamic roughness length, smooth roughness length and soil texture, as well as the Owen effect and a more physically based formulation of sandblasting efficiency, which improve estimated threshold friction velocity and dust concentrations over China. Our study highlights the importance of incorporation of realistic land-surface properties into the dust emission scheme.