Bioaerosol field measurements: Challenges and perspectives in outdoor studies

T Šantl-Temkiv, B Sikoparija, T Maki… - Aerosol Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Outdoor field measurements of bioaerosols are performed within a wide range of basic and
applied scientific disciplines, each with its own goals, assumptions, and terminology. This …

Carbon and beyond: The biogeochemistry of climate in a rapidly changing Amazon

K Covey, F Soper, S Pangala, A Bernardino… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Amazon Basin is at the center of an intensifying discourse about deforestation, land-
use, and global change. To date, climate research in the Basin has overwhelmingly focused …

Aerosol components derived from global AERONET measurements by GRASP: a new value-added aerosol component global dataset and its application

X Zhang, L Li, H Che, O Dubovik… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Aerosols affect Earth's climate both directly and indirectly, which is the largest uncertainty in
the assessment of radiative forcings affecting anthropogenic climate change. The standard …

African biomass burning is a substantial source of phosphorus deposition to the Amazon, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Ocean

AE Barkley, JM Prospero… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The deposition of phosphorus (P) from African dust is believed to play an important role in
bolstering primary productivity in the Amazon Basin and Tropical Atlantic Ocean (TAO) …

Tropical and boreal forest atmosphere interactions: A review

P Artaxo, HC Hansson, MO Andreae… - Tellus. Series B …, 2022 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Tropical, temperate, and boreal forests are critical components of the climate system, and
the ecosystem services they provide are essential for our society (Bonan et al., 1992, Bonan …

Characterizing and quantifying African dust transport and deposition to South America: Implications for the phosphorus budget in the Amazon Basin

JM Prospero, AE Barkley, CJ Gaston… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Soils in the Amazon Basin are deficient in phosphorus, essential to soil fertility.
Previous studies suggested that African mineral dust deposited to Amazonian soils served …

African biomass burning affects aerosol cycling over the Amazon

BA Holanda, MA Franco, D Walter, P Artaxo… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Smoke from vegetation fires affects air quality, atmospheric cycling, and the climate in the
Amazon rain forest. A major unknown has remained the quantity of long-range transported …

Aeromicrobiology: A global review of the cycling and relationships of bioaerosols with the atmosphere

AC Tastassa, Y Sharaby, N Lang-Yona - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Airborne microorganisms and biological matter (bioaerosols) play a key role in global
biogeochemical cycling, human and crop health trends, and climate patterns. Their …

Bioaerosol nexus of air quality, climate system and human health

F Shen, M Yao - National Science Open, 2023 - nso-journal.org
Aerosols of biological origins, known as bioaerosols, in addition to having the aerosol
properties, have those of a living system that offers them some enabling functionalities. From …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of the dust optical depth across spatiotemporal scales with the MIDAS global dataset (2003–2017)

A Gkikas, E Proestakis, V Amiridis… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Quantifying the dust optical depth (DOD) and its uncertainty across spatiotemporal scales is
key to understanding and constraining the dust cycle and its interactions with the Earth …