Mineral dust particles suspended in the atmosphere span more than three orders of
magnitude in diameter, from< 0.1 µm to more than 100 µm. This wide size range makes dust …

The susceptibility of a land surface to wind erosion is highly sensitive to changes in soil
erodibility. Nonetheless, the performance of wind erosion models continues to be affected by …

Active chlorine in the atmosphere is poorly constrained and so is its role in the oxidation of
the potent greenhouse gas methane, causing uncertainty in global methane budgets. We …

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a
vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling …

Dust storms are considered natural hazards, which affect day‐to‐day life for a short time
from a few hours to a few days. They are common in India especially in the western …

Previous studies have shown that Saharan dust can be transported thousands of miles,
affecting regional climates, environments, and ecosystems. However, research on the long …

Airborne lidar and in-situ measurements of aerosols and trace gases were performed in
volcanic ash plumes over Europe between Southern Germany and Iceland with the Falcon …

The Indo‐Gangetic (IG) plains is one of the largest and most densely populated regions in
the world. Recent studies over the IG plains using multi‐year (2000–2004) satellite …

We review the current state of knowledge of ozonesonde uncertainty and bias, with
reference to recent developments in laboratory and field experiments. In the past 20 years …

We report on the vertical distributions of Saharan dust aerosols over the NE Mediterranean
region, which were obtained during a typical dust outbreak on August 2000, by two lidar …