The past, present and future of African dust

Amato T. Evan (), Cyrille Flamant, Marco Gaetani and Françoise Guichard
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Amato T. Evan: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Cyrille Flamant: Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS)/IPSL, UPMC Université Paris 06, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, CNRS
Marco Gaetani: Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS)/IPSL, UPMC Université Paris 06, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, CNRS
Françoise Guichard: CNRM-GAME, UMR 3589 CNRS and Météo-France

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7595, 493-495

Abstract: Variability in North African dust dispersal, which affects air quality and the amount of radiation reaching the ground, is captured by the wind patterns over the Sahara; climate models suggest a downward trend in dust concentration with increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Date: 2016
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