Does a theoretical estimation of the dust size distribution at emission suggest more bioavailable iron deposition?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ito, Akinori ^a   Kok, Jasper F ^b   Feng, Yan ^c   Penner, Joyce E ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ESTIMATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST EMISSION; DUST PARTICLE; DUST SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL MODELS; IRON DEPOSITION; IRON DISSOLUTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MODEL RESULTS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; THEORETICAL ESTIMATION; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

IRON;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DISSOLUTION; DUST; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRON; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOBILIZATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84858186326     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050455     Document Type: Article

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