Drivers of the fungal spore bioaerosol budget: observational analysis and global modeling

Janssen, Ruud H. H.; Heald, Colette L.; Steiner, Allison L.; Perring, Anne E.; Huffman, J. Alex; Robinson, Ellis S.; Twohy, Cynthia H.; Ziemba, Luke D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4381-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4381-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4381-2021

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

Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

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22 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 22 Mar 2021

Drivers of the fungal spore bioaerosol budget: observational analysis and global modeling

Ruud H. H. Janssen, Colette L. Heald, Allison L. Steiner, Anne E. Perring, J. Alex Huffman, Ellis S. Robinson, Cynthia H. Twohy, and Luke D. Ziemba

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Bioaerosols are ubiquitous in the atmosphere and have the potential to affect cloud formation, as well as human and ecosystem health. However, their emissions are not well quantified, which hinders the assessment of their role in atmospheric processes. Here, we develop two new emission schemes for fungal spores based on multi-annual datasets of spore counts. We find that our modeled global emissions and burden are an order of magnitude lower than previous estimates.