The Impact of Desert Dust Across the Mediterranean

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Modeling and Climate

   1. Climate Modeling Over the Mediterranean Region: An Overview

      • Filippo Giorgi

      Pages 1-14

   2. Modeling of Dust Process for the Saharan and Mediterranean Area

      • S. Nickovic

      Pages 15-23

   3. Quantitative Remote Sensing of African Dust Transport to the Mediterranean

      • F. Dulac, C. Moulin, C. E. Lambert, F. Guillard, J. Poitou, W. Guelle et al.

      Pages 25-49

   4. Model Components Necessary to Capture a Dust Plume Pattern Over the Mediterranean Sea

      • M. Schulz, Y. Balkanski, W. Guelle, F. Dulac, C. Moulin, C. E. Lambert

      Pages 51-58

   5. The Preliminary Modeling Results of Saharan Dust Transport to the Mediterranean Sea and Europe

      • S. Grigoryan, L. Erdman

      Pages 59-67

   6. Importance of the Source Term and of the Size Distribution to Model the Mineral Dust Cycle

      • Y. Balkanski, M. Schulz, B. Marticorena, G. Bergametti, W. Guelle, F. Dulac et al.

      Pages 69-76

   7. The Effects of Desert Particles on Cloud and Rain Formation in the Eastern Mediterranean

      • Z. Levin, E. Ganor

      Pages 77-86

   8. Application of a Lagrangian Model to the Study of the Atmospheric Fluxes to the Western Mediterranean

      • M. Alarcón, A. Cruzado, S. Alonso

      Pages 87-92

   9. Atlantic Disturbances Deeply Penetrating the African Continent: Effects Over Saharan Regions and the Mediterranean Basin

      • M. Conte, M. Colacino, E. Piervitali

      Pages 93-102

   10. Seasonal Distribution of the Boundary Layer Depths Over the Mediterranean Basin

       • U. Dayan, J. L. Heffter, J. M. Miller

       Pages 103-112

   11. Biomass Burning in North Africa and Its Possible Relationship to Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin

       • D. O. Suman

       Pages 113-122

   12. Modeling the Present and Last Glacial Maximum Transportation of Dust to the Arctic with an Extended Source Scheme

       • K. K. Andersen, C. Genthon

       Pages 123-132

3. Geology and Source Regions

   1. Saharan Dust Transport Over the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean: An Overview

      • J. M. Prospero

      Pages 133-151

   2. Mineralogical Characterisation of Saharan Dust with a View to its Final Destination in Mediterranean Sediments

      • E. Molinaroli

      Pages 153-162

   3. The Mineralogical and Chemical Properties and the Behaviour of Aeolian Saharan Dust Over Israel

      • E. Ganor, H. A. Foner

      Pages 163-172

   4. Identification and Quantification of Dust Additions in Perisaharan Soils

      • L. Herrmann, R. Jahn, K. Stahr

      Pages 173-182

   5. Sedimentological Characteristics of Saharan and Australian Dusts

      • L. Kiefert, G. H. McTainsh, W. G. Nickling

      Pages 183-190

   6. Saharan Dust Input to the Western Mediterranean: An Eleven Years Record in Corsica

      • M. D. Loÿe-Pilot, J. M. Martin

      Pages 191-199

   7. African Dust Over Northeastern Spain: Mineralogy and Source Regions

      • A. Avila, I. Queralt, F. Gallart, J. Martin-Vide

      Pages 201-205

The atmosphere is an important pathway for the transport of continentally-derived material to the oceans. In this respect the Mediterranean Sea is of special importance because its atmosphere receives inputs of anthropogenic aerosols from the north and desert- derived Saharan dusts from the south. The dusts, much of which is transported in the form of seasonal `pulses', have important effects on climate, marine chemistry and sedimentation in the Mediterranean Sea. This volume brings together reviews and specific-topic papers on the following aspects of Saharan dust transport to the Mediterranean Sea: (i) the modelling of Saharan dust transport, (ii) the chemistry and mineralogy of the dusts and their effect on precipitation, (iii) the contribution of the dusts to marine sedimentation, (iv) the aerobiology of the dusts, and (v) climatic implications of Saharan dust transport. The volume is aimed at students and researchers with an interest in the climate, biogeochemistry and geology of the Mediterranean Sea.

• Aerosol
• Atlantic Ocean
• Cloud
• Coast
• Northeaster
• Ocean
• Precipitation
• Rain
• marine

• Istituto di Geologia Marina, CNR, Bologna, Italy

  Stefano Guerzoni

• International Marine Centre, Oristano, Italy

  Stefano Guerzoni

• Oceanography Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

  Roy Chester

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