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Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2445-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2445-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Research article
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05 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 05 Dec 2023

Simulating dust emissions and secondary organic aerosol formation over northern Africa during the mid-Holocene Green Sahara period

Putian Zhou, Zhengyao Lu, Jukka-Pekka Keskinen, Qiong Zhang, Juha Lento, Jianpu Bian, Twan van Noije, Philippe Le Sager, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Markku Kulmala, Michael Boy, and Risto Makkonen

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A Green Sahara with enhanced rainfall and larger vegetation cover existed in northern Africa about 6000 years ago. Biosphere–atmosphere interactions are found to be critical to explaining this wet period. Based on modeled vegetation reconstruction data, we simulated dust emissions and aerosol formation, which are key factors in biosphere–atmosphere interactions. Our results also provide a benchmark of aerosol climatology for future paleo-climate simulation experiments.
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