Australian dust storms in 2002–2003 and their impact on Southern Ocean biogeochemistry

• Published in: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
• Main Authors: Gabric, Albert, Cropp, Roger, McTainsh, Grant, Johnston, Barbara, Butler, H., Tilbrook, B., Keywood, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 2010
• Subjects: Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes); Griffith; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/30850; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GB003541

During late 2002 and early 2003, southern Australia was in the grip of drought and experienced one of its most active dust storm seasons in the last 40 years with large dust plumes frequently advected over the adjacent Southern Ocean. We use meteorological records of dust activity, satellite ocean c...