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Mineral Dust - A Key Player in the Earth System (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Mineral Dust - A Key Player in the Earth System (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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This volume presents state-of-the-art research about mineral dust,
including results from field campaigns, satellite observations,
laboratory studies, computer modelling and theoretical studies.
Dust research is a new, dynamic and fast-growing area of science
and due to its multiple roles in the Earth system, dust has become
a fascinating topic for many scientific disciplines. Aspects of
dust research covered in this book reach from timescales of minutes
(as with dust devils, cloud processes and radiation) to millennia
(as with loess formation and oceanic sediments), making dust both a
player and recorder of environmental change. The book is structured
in four main parts that explore characteristics of dust, the global
dust cycle, impacts of dust on the Earth system, and dust as a
climate indicator. The chapters in these parts provide a
comprehensive, detailed overview of this highly interdisciplinary
subject. The contributions presented here cover dust from source to
sink and describe all the processes dust particles undergo while
travelling through the atmosphere. Chapters explore how dust is
lifted and transported, how it affects radiation, clouds, regional
circulations, precipitation and chemical processes in the
atmosphere and how it deteriorates air quality. The book explores
how dust is removed from the atmosphere by gravitational settling,
turbulence or precipitation, how iron contained in dust fertilizes
terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and about the role that dust
plays in human health. We learn how dust is observed, simulated
using computer models and forecast. The book also details the role
of dust deposits for climate reconstructions. Scientific
observations and results are presented, along with numerous
illustrations. This work has an interdisciplinary appeal and will
engage scholars in geology, geography, chemistry, meteorology and
physics, amongst others with an interest in the Earth system and
environmental change. body>
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