The role of High Latitude Dust in changing climate: Severe dust storm observations in Iceland and Antarctica in 2020-2021

• Main Authors: Dagsson Waldhauserova, Pavla, Meinander, Outi, Nickovic, Slobodan, Cvetkovic, Bojan, Vukovic, Ana, Moroni, Beatrice, Kavan, Jan, Laska, Kamil, Renard, Jean-Baptiste, Burdova, Nathalie, Arnalds, Olafur
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales Paris (CNES)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Eyjafjallajokull; Ross Island; Svalbard; albedo; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceland; James Ross Island
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-04089904; https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10655

International audience High Latitude Dust (HLD) contributes 5% to the global dust budget and active HLD sources cover > 500,000 km2. Potential areas with high HLD emission are calculated to cover >1 670 000 km2 (Meinander et al., in review). In Iceland, desert areas cover about 44,000 km2, but...