GH011
Local and Long-range transport of Dust on Coastal Ecology, Human Health, Snow/Glaciers, and Associated Hazards
Local and Long-range transport of Dust on Coastal Ecology, Human Health, Snow/Glaciers, and Associated Hazards
Session ID#: 162058
Session Description:
With Climate Change, the frequency of dust storms is increasing, and dust hazards are prevalent over many continents, including Asia, Australia, Africa, and the US. The dust originates from the different desert areas of the world, depending upon the favorable meteorological conditions, dust from the source regions, has long-range transport, affecting coastal ecology and marine life, human health, radiative budget, monsoon, and accelerating the melting of snow/glaciers. The dust transport from the source region also mixes with the local anthropogenic emissions impacting the air quality, atmospheric parameters, and radiative budget. The sources of dust are well known, in some areas, source region is expanded, and, in some areas, it has shrunk due to the development of irrigation systems. The session invites contributions on the local sources of dust and mineralogical properties, their long-range transport characteristics, modeling, forecast, and mapping/monitoring. Impacts of dust on coastal ecology, monsoon, dust-cloud interactions, air quality, interaction with snow/glaciers, and the role of clouds of dust on the outbursts of the glacial lake, and mountainous hazards with the climate change.
Index Terms:
0232 Impacts of climate change: ecosystem health [GEOHEALTH]
0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
0478 Pollution: urban, regional and global [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0720 Glaciers [CRYOSPHERE]
Primary Convener: Velu Vinoj, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, School of Earth Ocean and Climate Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
Convener: Ramesh P Singh, Chapman University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology,, Orange, CA, United States
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