High-latitude dust in the Earth system
Natural dust is often associated with hot, subtropical deserts, but significant dust events have been reported from cold, high latitudes. This review synthesizes current understanding of high-latitude (≥50°N and ≥40°S) dust source geography and dynamics and provides a prospectus for future research...
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/23356 2023-05-15T13:49:59+02:00 High-latitude dust in the Earth system Bullard, Joanna Baddock, Matthew Bradwell, Tom Crusius, John Darlington, Eleanor Gaiero, Diego Gasso, Santiago Gisladottir, Gudrun Hodgkins, Richard McCulloch, Robert McKenna-Neuman, Cheryl Mockford, Tom Stewart, Helena Thorsteinsson, Throstur Loughborough University Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Washington University of Cordoba Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research University of Iceland Trent University orcid:0000-0003-0947-3309 orcid:0000-0001-5542-3703 2016-06 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23356 https://doi.org/10.1002/2016RG000518 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23356/1/Bullard_et_al-2016-Reviews_of_Geophysics.pdf en eng Wiley-Blackwell Bullard J, Baddock M, Bradwell T, Crusius J, Darlington E, Gaiero D, Gasso S, Gisladottir G, Hodgkins R, McCulloch R, McKenna-Neuman C, Mockford T, Stewart H & Thorsteinsson T (2016) High-latitude dust in the Earth system. Review of Geophysics , 54 (2), pp. 447-485. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016RG000518 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23356 doi:10.1002/2016RG000518 WOS:000385716900007 2-s2.0-84973137486 564909 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23356/1/Bullard_et_al-2016-Reviews_of_Geophysics.pdf ©2016. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND dust aeolian cryosphere aerosol remote sensing air quality Journal Article VoR - Version of Record 2016 ftunivstirling https://doi.org/10.1002/2016RG000518 2023-02-02T23:17:15Z Natural dust is often associated with hot, subtropical deserts, but significant dust events have been reported from cold, high latitudes. This review synthesizes current understanding of high-latitude (≥50°N and ≥40°S) dust source geography and dynamics and provides a prospectus for future research on the topic. Although the fundamental processes controlling aeolian dust emissions in high latitudes are essentially the same as in temperate regions, there are additional processes specific to or enhanced in cold regions. These include low temperatures, humidity, strong winds, permafrost and niveo-aeolian processes all of which can affect the efficiency of dust emission and distribution of sediments. Dust deposition at high latitudes can provide nutrients to the marine system, specifically by contributing iron to high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll oceans; it also affects ice albedo and melt rates. There have been no attempts to quantify systematically the expanse, characteristics, or dynamics of high-latitude dust sources. To address this, we identify and compare the main sources and drivers of dust emissions in the Northern (Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Iceland) and Southern (Antarctica, New Zealand, and Patagonia) Hemispheres. The scarcity of year-round observations and limitations of satellite remote sensing data at high latitudes are discussed. It is estimated that under contemporary conditions high-latitude sources cover >500,000 km2and contribute at least 80–100 Tg yr−1of dust to the Earth system (~5% of the global dust budget); both are projected to increase under future climate change scenarios. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Antarctica New Zealand Greenland Ice Iceland permafrost Alaska University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Canada Greenland New Zealand Patagonia Reviews of Geophysics 54 2 447 485 |
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Natural dust is often associated with hot, subtropical deserts, but significant dust events have been reported from cold, high latitudes. This review synthesizes current understanding of high-latitude (≥50°N and ≥40°S) dust source geography and dynamics and provides a prospectus for future research on the topic. Although the fundamental processes controlling aeolian dust emissions in high latitudes are essentially the same as in temperate regions, there are additional processes specific to or enhanced in cold regions. These include low temperatures, humidity, strong winds, permafrost and niveo-aeolian processes all of which can affect the efficiency of dust emission and distribution of sediments. Dust deposition at high latitudes can provide nutrients to the marine system, specifically by contributing iron to high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll oceans; it also affects ice albedo and melt rates. There have been no attempts to quantify systematically the expanse, characteristics, or dynamics of high-latitude dust sources. To address this, we identify and compare the main sources and drivers of dust emissions in the Northern (Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Iceland) and Southern (Antarctica, New Zealand, and Patagonia) Hemispheres. The scarcity of year-round observations and limitations of satellite remote sensing data at high latitudes are discussed. It is estimated that under contemporary conditions high-latitude sources cover >500,000 km2and contribute at least 80–100 Tg yr−1of dust to the Earth system (~5% of the global dust budget); both are projected to increase under future climate change scenarios. |
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Bullard, Joanna Baddock, Matthew Bradwell, Tom Crusius, John Darlington, Eleanor Gaiero, Diego Gasso, Santiago Gisladottir, Gudrun Hodgkins, Richard McCulloch, Robert McKenna-Neuman, Cheryl Mockford, Tom Stewart, Helena Thorsteinsson, Throstur |
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