Primary Convener:
Yan Yu, Peking University

Convener:
Jasper Kok, University of California Los Angeles
Danny Leung, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Michelle Van der Does, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University

Early Career Convener:
Danny Leung, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Chair:
Yan Yu, Peking University
Jasper Kok, University of California Los Angeles
Danny Leung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The atmospheric mineral dust cycle is an integral part of the evolving Earth system. Emitted and deposited dust particles affect physical, chemical, and bio-geological processes that produce a wide range of complex effects on atmospheric composition, hydrological cycle, climate, and ecosystems. The purpose of the session is to showcase advances in understanding dust physical and chemical properties and its role in the Earth system. The session invites laboratory, remote sensing, and modelling studies of dust properties, dust source regions, high latitude dust, dust interactions with clouds, radiation, precipitation, atmospheric circulation, the cryosphere, and the biosphere, as well as observational and modeling insights into climate feedbacks and the variability of dust across spatiotemporal scales, dust impacts on air quality, and modeling studies of the dust cycle and its interactions with other Earth system cycles. Papers reporting analysis of the NASA Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) data are strongly encouraged.

Index Terms
0305 Aerosols and particles
3305 Climate change and variability
3322 Land|atmosphere interactions
1622 Earth system modeling

Co-Organized Sessions:
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Biogeosciences
Hydrology

Cross-Listed:
B - Biogeosciences
GH - GeoHealth
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering