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22 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 22 Mar 2021
| 22 Mar 2021
A revised mineral dust emission scheme in GEOS-Chem: improvements in dust simulations over China
Rong Tian
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)/Key Laboratory for
Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing
University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)/Key Laboratory for
Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing
University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Jianqi Zhao
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)/Key Laboratory for
Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing
University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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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.
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