Stratospheric impacts on dust transport and air pollution in West Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean
Today, most operational dust forecasts extend only 2-5 days. New research finds that the stratosphere exerts long-lasting influence on Saharan dust emission and transport, contributing to subseasonal predictability for dust and air pollution over West Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Main Authors: | Ying Dai, Peter Hitchcock, Natalie M. Mahowald, Daniela I. V. Domeisen, Douglas S. Hamilton, Longlei Li, Beatrice Marticorena, Maria Kanakidou, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Adwoa Aboagye-Okyere |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35403-1 |
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