Sentences with phrase «atmospheric dust transport»

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To investigate the layers and composition of clouds and tiny airborne particles like dust, smoke and other atmospheric aerosols,, scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland have developed an instrument called the Cloud - Aerosol Transport System, or CATS.

The increased atmospheric dust load during glacial times is thought to be due to a generally colder and drier atmosphere, which increased the number and strength of dust sources through reduced vegetation cover (28), and reduced washout of suspended particles during transport (7).

Its current dust output is essentially transport - limited, but with expected changes in future atmospheric circulation in response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, changes to deflation in the Bodélé may impose critical changes on the behavior of the Earth system in response to the role that dust plays in the biosphere and the sheer quantity emitted from this key region.