Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2095-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2095-2022
Research article
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15 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 15 Feb 2022

How well do the CMIP6 models simulate dust aerosols?

Alcide Zhao, Claire L. Ryder, and Laura J. Wilcox

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The Earth System Grid Federation: An open infrastructure for access to distributed geospatial data (https://esgf-data.dkrz.de/search/cmip6-dkrz/) L. Cinquini, D. Crichton, C. Mattmann, J. Harney, G. Shipman, F. Wang, R. Ananthakrishnan, N. Miller, S. Denvil, M. Morgan, Z. Pobre, G. M. Bell, C. Doutriaux, R. Drach, D. Williams, P. Kershaw, S. Pascoe, E. Gonzalez, S. Fiore, and R. Schweitzer https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2013.07.002

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The CMIP6 models' simulated dust processes are getting more uncertain as models become more sophisticated. Of particular challenge are the links between dust cycles and optical properties, and we recommend more detailed output relating to dust cycles in future intercomparison projects to constrain such links. Also, models struggle to capture certain key regional dust processes such as dust accumulation along the slope of the Himalayas and dust seasonal cycles in North China and North America.
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