Numerical simulations of dust fluxes to the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Comparison of model results with a Holocene peat record of dust deposition

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4597-4609

  Ferrat, Marion ^a,b   Langmann, Baerbel ^c   Cui, Xuefeng ^b   Gomes, Jefferson ^a   Weiss, Dominik J ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian dust fluxes; dust mobilization; dust transport; Mineral dust; model data comparison; peat core

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DEPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PEAT; SOIL TESTING;

ASIAN DUST; DUST MOBILIZATION; DUST TRANSPORT; MINERAL DUST; MODEL-DATA COMPARISONS; PEAT CORES;

DUST;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PEAT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION;

CHINA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84881167333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50275     Document Type: Article

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