Schedule and Readings (tentative until the week prior to discussion)

Many weeks will draw from the course textbook, "Mineral Dust A Key Player in the Earth System", edited by Peter Knippertz and Jan-Berend W. Stuut, Springer, Dordrecht Heidelberg, 2014, ISBN: 978-94-017-8977-6 (Print) 978-94-017-8978-3 (Online), DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8978-3 [Available here to CU students, staff, and faculty]


1/20/16 Introduction and Overview

Presenter: Arlene [pdf]


Chapter 1: Introduction, by Peter Knippertz and Jan-Berend W. Stuut, in course text (link is above).

Chapter 2: On Composition, Morphology, and Size Distribution of Airborne Mineral Dust, by Dirk Scheuvens and Konrad Kandler, in course text (link is above)




1/27/16 Sources

Presenter: Carly [pdf]

Chapter 3: Identifying Sources of Aeloian Mineral Dust: Present and Past, by Daniel R. Muhs, Joseph M. Prospero, Matthew C. Baddock and Thomas E. Gill, in course text.

Chapter 5: Dust Production Mechanisms by Beatrice Marticorena, in course text.

Gustiness: The driver of glacial dustiness? [McGee et al., Quaternary Science Reviews 2010]



Optional: Chapter 6: Meteorological aspects of dust storms by Peter Knippertz, in course text.

Optional: Global-scale attribution of anthropogenic and natural dust sources and their emission rates based on MODIS Deep Blue aerosol products [ Ginoux et al., Rev. of Geophys. 2012]

Optional: Dust interannual variability and trend in Central Asia from 2000 to 2014, and their climatic linkages [Xi and Sokolik, J. Geophys. Res., ]120, 12,175–12,197, doi:10.1002/2015JD024092, 2015.

Optional: Does the size distribution of mineral dust aerosols depend on the wind speed at emission? [Kok, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11], 10149–10156, doi:10.5194/acp-11-10149-2011, 2011.




2/3/16 Observing and modeling dust

Presenter: Olivia [pdf]


Chapter 7. Dust observations and climatology by Isabelle Chiapello, in course text.

An improved dust emission model, Part 2: Evaluation in the Community Earth System Model, with implications for the use of dust source functions[ Kok et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys. 141, 13043-13061, 2014, doi:10.5194/acp-14-13043-2014]


Optional: Chapter 9. Numerical Dust Models by Ina Tegen and Michael Schulz, in course text.

Optional: Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I[Huneeus et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11, 7781-7816, 2011, doi:10.5194/acp-11-7781-2011]

Optional: An improved dust emission model, Part 1: Model description and comparison against measurements[ Kok et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys. 141, 13023–13041, 2014, doi:10.5194/acp-14-13023-2014]




2/10/16 Chemical transformations in the atmosphere and deposition

Presenter: Jean [pdf]

Chapter 4: Processing and Ageing in the Atmosphere by Alex R. Baker, Olga Laskina and Vicki H. Grassian, in course text.

Chapter 8. Dust Deposition by Gilles Bergametti and Gilles Foret, in course text

Impact of air pollution on wet deposition of mineral dust aerosols [ Fan et al., Geophys. Res. Lett, 31], L02104, doi:10.1029/2003GL018501, 2004.


Optional: Chemical interactions between mineral dust particles and acid gases during Asian dust events[ Ooki and Uematsu, , J. Geophys. Res., 110,] D03201, doi:10.1029/2004JD004737, 2005.

Optional: Long-range transport across the Atlantic in summertime does not enhance the hygroscopicity of African mineral dust [ Denjean et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 42 ] 7835–7843, doi:10.1002/2015GL065693

Optional: Global modeling of heterogeneous chemistry on mineral aerosol surfaces: Influence on tropospheric ozone chemistry and comparison to observations [ Bauer et al., J. Geophys. Res., 109 ]D02304, doi:10.1029/2003JD003868, 2004.




2/17/16 Dust on Mars

Presenter: Frankie [pdf]

Chapter 5: Dust Production Mechanisms by Beatrice Marticorena, in course text.

Earth-like Sand Fluxes on Mars [ Bridges et al. (2012) ]Nature, 485, 339-342, doi:10.1038/nature11022.

Martian sand blowing in the wind [ Kok (2012) ]Nature News & Views, 485, 312-313.


Optional: Unsteady Saltation on Mars [Wang and Zheng (2015) ]Icarus, 260, 161-166, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.012

Optional: The physics of wind-blown sand and dust [Kok et al. (2012)] Rep. Prog. Phys., 75, 106901, doi:10.1088/0034-4885/75/10/106901.




2/24/16 Introduction to records of the past

Presenter: Lorelei

Dust-climate couplings over the past 800,000 years from the EPICA Dome C ice core[ Lambert et al. (2012)] Nature, 452, 339-342, doi:10.1038/nature06763.

The geologic records of dust in the Quaternary[ Daniel R. Muhs (2013)] Aeolian Research, 9, 3-48, doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.08.001.


Optional: Covariant Glacial-Interglacial Dust Fluxes in the Equatorial Pacific and Antarctica[ Winckler et al. (2008)] Science, 320, 93-96, doi:10.1126/science.1150595.

Optional: Chapter 16: Loess Records, by Daniel R. Muhs, Stephen R. Cattle, Onn Crouvi, Denis-Didier Rousseau, Jimin Sun, and Marcelo A. Zarate, in course text

Optional: Chapter 17: Subaquatic Dust Deposits by Jan-Berend W. Stuut, in course text

Optional: Chapter 18: Ice Core Archives of Mineral Dust, by Paul Vallelonga an Anders Svensson, in course text




3/2/16 Dust and Radiation

Presenter: Xiaomeng [pdf]

Ch 11: Radiative Effects of Dust, by Eleanor J. Highwood and Claire L. Ryder, in course text.

Surface radiative forcing by soil dust aerosols and the hydrologic cycle [ Miller et al., J. Geophys. Res.], 109, D04203, doi:10.1029/2003JD004085, 2004.




Optional: Radiative Forcing of Saharan Dust: GOCART Model Simulations Compared with ERBE Data [ Weaver et al. (2002)] J. Atmos. Sci, 59, 736-747, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059




3/4/16 Natalie Mahowald OCP seminar 11:00 Comer 1st floor

3/9/16 Climate impacts from dust

Presenter: Ron [CH 12 (pdf)] [CH 13 (pdf)]


Chapter 12: Microphysical Interactions with Clouds, Sections 12.1-12.3, 12.9 ONLY

Chapter 13: Impact of Dust Radiative Forcing on Climate

Modeling Arabian dust mobilization during the Asian summer monsoon: The effect of prescribed versus calculated SST [Miller et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, ]L22214, doi:10.1029/2004GL020669, 2004.


Optional:The Response of the Tropical Atlantic and West African Climate to Saharan Dust in a Fully Coupled GCM [Strong et al. (2015),] J. Climate, 28, 7071-7092, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00797.1.

Optional: Modeling of observed mineral dust aerosols in the arctic and the impact on winter season low-level clouds [Fan, J. Geophys. Res., 118 ]11,161-11,174, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50842, 2013.


3/16/16 -- Spring Break --

3/23/16 Dust, a source of iron to the oceans

Presenter: Carlos [pdf]

Iron in Antarctic Waters [J.H. Martin, R.M. Gordon, and S.E. Fitzwater Nature, 345,] 1990, doi:10.1038/345156a0

Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate [T.D. Jickells et al., Science, 308,]67, 2005, doi:10.1126/science.1105959

Impacts on iron solubility in the mineral dust by processes in the source region and the atmosphere: A review [ Shi et al., Aeolian Research, 5, ]21-42, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.03.001


Optional: Chapter 14: Biogeochemical Impacts of Dust on the Global Carbon Cycle, by T. Jickells, P. Boyd, and K.A. Hunter, in course text

Optional: The meteorological nature of variable soluble iron transport and deposition within the North Atlantic Ocean basin [Moxim, Fan, and Levy II J. Geophys. Res. 116, D03203 2011, doi: 10.1029/2010JD014709]

Optional: Distribution and geochemistry of aerosols in the tropical north Atlantic troposphere: Relationship to Saharan dust [ Talbot et al. J. Geophys. Res. 91(D4)], 5173-5182, doi:10.1029/JD091iD04p05173.

Optional: Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations [Mahowald et al. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1, ] 245-78, doi:10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163727, 2009




3/30/16 Impacts of dust-transported iron on the carbon cycle, past and present

Presenter: Sebastian

The Southern Ocean Biological Response to Aeolian Iron Deposition[ Cassar et al. Science 2007](see also associated technical comment and reply)

Comment on "The Southern Ocean biological response to aeolian iron deposition” [ Boyd and Mackie Science, 3195860, 159a, 2007]

Response to Comment on "The Southern Ocean biological response to aeolian iron deposition”[ Cassar et al. Science, 3195860, 159b, 2007]

Dissolved Fe in the upper waters of the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean[ Measures and Vink Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 48 (19-20) 3913-3941, 2001], doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(01)00074-1.

Iron fertilization of the subantarctic ocean during the last ice age.[ Martinez-Garcia et al., Science 2014, 343, 6177, 1347-1350, doi:10.1126/science.1246848 ]


Optional: Saharan dust in the Amazon Basin [Swap et al. Tellus B, 44(2),133-149, 1992.]

Optional: Impacts of atmospheric nutrient deposition on marine productivity: Roles of nitrogen, phosphorus, and iron, [ Okin et al. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 25,] GB2022, doi:10.1029/2010GB003858, 2011.

Optional: Atmospheric acidification of mineral aerosols: a source of bioavailable phosphorus for the oceans [ Nenes et al. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11,] 6265-6272, doi:10.5194/acp-11-6265-2011, 2011.

Optional: Understanding the Transport and Impact of African Dust on the Caribbean Basin, [Prospero and Mayol-Bracero Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 94,] 1329-1337, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00142.1, 2013.




4/6/16 Dust, Pollution, and Health

Presenter: Beizhan
Chapter 15: Dust and Human Health, by Suzette A. Morman and Geoffrey S. Plumlee, in course text.

Meningitis and climate: from science to practice, [Perez Garcia-Pando et al. Earth Perspectives, 1:14], DOI: 10.1186/2194-6434-1-14, 2014.

Saharan Dust and Associations between Particulate Matter and Daily Mortality in Rome, Italy, [Mallone et al. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(10): 1409-1414] dio:10.12989/ehp.1003026, 2011.


Optional: Natural Minerogenic Dust and Human Health, [Derbyshire AMBIO, 36(1):73-77 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[73:NMDAHH]2.0.CO;2, 2007.

Optional: Dust events, pulmonary diseases and immune system, [Esmaeil et al. Am. J. Clin. Exp. Imunol., 3(1):20-29], 2014.




4/13/16 Dust and Hydroclimate

Presenter: Alexandrea

The past, present and future of African dust Evan et al., Nature, 531, 493-495], doi:10.1038/nature17149, 2016.

ENN piece on the above article here

Amplification of the North American "Dust Bowl" drought through human induced land degradation [Cook et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 106], 4997-5001, doi:10.1073/pnas.0810200106., 2009.

Related media attention here



Optional: Desert dust suppressing precipitation: A possible desertification feedback loop Rosenfeld et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 98(11), 5975–5980, doi: 10.1073/pnas.101122798, 2001.

Optional: Intensification of North American megadroughts through surface and dust aerosol forcing [Cook et al. J. Climate, 26], 4414-4430, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00022.1.

Optional: Dust-rainfall feedback in West African Sahel [ Yu et al. GRL 42 ], 7563-7571, doi:10.1002/2015GL065533 2015

Optional: Impact of Desert Dust Radiative Forcing on Sahel Precipitation: Relative Importance of Dust Compared to Sea Surface Temperature Variations, Vegetation Changes, and Greenhouse Gas Warming [Yoshioka et al. J. Climate, 20,] 1445-1467, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI4056.1, 2015.



4/20/16 Data Analysis of a recent U.S. dust event, Part I

Presenter: [Paul Ginoux (NOAA GFDL)]

Please install [panoply] and be sure to bring your laptop.

4/27/16 Data Analysis of a recent U.S. dust event, Part II

Presenter: [Paul Ginoux (NOAA GFDL)]



Extra topic: Hurricanes and Dust

The large-scale movement of Saharan air outbreaks over the northern equatorial Atlantic [ Carlson, T.N., and J.M. Prospero (1972) ]J. Appl. Meteor., 11 283-297. ]

The impact of the Saharan air layer on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity [ Dunion, J.P. and C.S. Velden (2004) Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 85, 353,365. ]

New evidence for a relationship between Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and African dust outbreaks [ Evan et al. (2006) ] Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19813, doi:10.1029/2006GL026408.


Optional: Impact of assimilated and interactive aerosol on tropical cyclogenesis [ Reale et al. (2014) ] Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 3282-3288, doi:10.1002/2014GL059918.

Optional: Aerosol Indirect Effects on Idealized Tropical Cyclone Dynamics [ Herbener et al. (2014) ] J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2040-2054, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0202.1




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