Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance

Kok, Jasper F.; Adebiyi, Adeyemi A.; Albani, Samuel; Balkanski, Yves; Checa-Garcia, Ramiro; Chin, Mian; Colarco, Peter R.; Hamilton, Douglas S.; Huang, Yue; Ito, Akinori; Klose, Martina; Leung, Danny M.; Li, Longlei; Mahowald, Natalie M.; Miller, Ron L.; Obiso, Vincenzo; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos; Rocha-Lima, Adriana; Wan, Jessica S.; Whicker, Chloe A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021

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

Articles | Volume 21, issue 10

Research article

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27 May 2021

Research article |

| 27 May 2021

Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance

Jasper F. Kok, Adeyemi A. Adebiyi, Samuel Albani, Yves Balkanski, Ramiro Checa-Garcia, Mian Chin, Peter R. Colarco, Douglas S. Hamilton, Yue Huang, Akinori Ito, Martina Klose, Danny M. Leung, Longlei Li, Natalie M. Mahowald, Ron L. Miller, Vincenzo Obiso, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Adriana Rocha-Lima, Jessica S. Wan, and Chloe A. Whicker

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review of Kok et al. (2020)', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jan 2021
AC1: 'Response to reviewers' comments', Jasper Kok, 02 Mar 2021

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AR by Jasper Kok on behalf of the Authors (04 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Mar 2021) by Stelios Kazadzis

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (12 Apr 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 Apr 2021) by Stelios Kazadzis

AR by Jasper Kok on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Apr 2021) by Stelios Kazadzis

AR by Jasper Kok on behalf of the Authors (15 Apr 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

Desert dust interacts with virtually every component of the Earth system, including the climate system. We develop a new methodology to represent the global dust cycle that integrates observational constraints on the properties and abundance of desert dust with global atmospheric model simulations. We show that the resulting representation of the global dust cycle is more accurate than what can be obtained from a large number of current climate global atmospheric models.