Ice nucleation of ammonia gas exposed montmorillonite mineral dust particles A. Salam, U. Lohmann, and G. Lesins Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Received: 23 October 2006 – Accepted: 14 November 2006 – P...

Across the globe, deserts and volcanic eruptions produce large volumes of atmospheric dust, and the amount of dust is predicted to increase with global warming. The effects of long-distance airborne dust inputs on ecosystem productivity are potentially far-reaching but have primarily been measured in soil and plants. Airborne dust could also drive distribution and abundance at higher trophic le...

The atmospheric transport and deposition of aerosols has the potential to influence the chemistry and biology of oligotrophic alpine lakes. In recent decades, dust and nitrogen emissions to alpine ecosystems have increased across large areas of the western U.S., including Wyoming. Here, we use sediment geochemistry and Sr/Sr and Nd/Nd isotopes to examine historical dust deposition rates to alpi...

Introduction: Mars is a planet of many apparent dichotomies in topography, atmospheric evolution , hydrology, and geomagnetism. We describe yet another set of extremes in the area of atmospheric chemistry. While solar photons in fair-weather are a known and well-studied driver of Martian chemistry, there is increasing evidence that electro-chemistry unique to dust storms may be a second new dri...

The atmospheric dispersion of bacteria over long distances is an important facet of microbial ecology. Certain groups of dispersed bacteria can adapt to their new location and affect established ecosystems. Aeolian dust particles are known to be carriers of microbes but further research is needed to expand our understanding of this field of microbiology. Here we showed the potential of aeolian ...

During transport by advection, atmospheric nonspherical particles, such as volcanic ash, desert dust or seasalt particles experience several chemical and physical processes, leading to a complex vertical atmospheric layering at remote sites where intrusion episodes occur. In this paper, a new methodology is proposed to analyse this complex vertical layering in the case of a two/three-component ...

Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures ◭ ◮ ◭ ◮ Back Close Full Screen / Esc Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures ◭ ◮ ◭ ◮ Back Close Full Screen / Esc Printer-friendly Version Interactive Discussion EGU Abstract An integrated sand and dust storm (SDS) forecasting system – CUACE/Dust (the Chi-nese Unified Atmospheric Chemistry Environment for Dust) has been deve...