Present-Day Patagonian Dust Emissions: Combining Surface Visibility, Mass Flux, and Reanalysis Data

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Cosentino, Nicolas Juan, Gaiero, Diego Marcelo, Lambert, Fabrice
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: AEROSOLS; ARIDITY; DUST; PATAGONIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Cosentino; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/173879

The magnitude of the climatic forcing associated with mineral dust aerosols remains uncertain due in part to a lack of observations on dust sources. While modeling and satellite studies provide spatially extensive constraints, they must be supported by surface-validating dust monitoring. Southern So...