The role of mineral-dust aerosols in polar temperature amplification

F. Lambert, J-S. Kug (), R. J. Park, N. Mahowald, G. Winckler, A. Abe-Ouchi, R. O’ishi, T. Takemura and J-H. Lee
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F. Lambert: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
J-S. Kug: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
R. J. Park: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University
N. Mahowald: Cornell University
G. Winckler: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
A. Abe-Ouchi: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
R. O’ishi: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
T. Takemura: Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
J-H. Lee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 5, 487-491

Abstract: Climate models struggle to reproduce the amplitude of polar temperature change observed in palaeoclimatic archives. A synthesis of observational and model data was used to reconstruct atmospheric dust concentrations in the Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum. The impact of aerosols in polar areas is underestimated in simulations for dustier-than-modern conditions; the inclusion of the amplified response to aerosols at high latitudes would improve model predictions.

Date: 2013
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