The Impact of Desert Dust Across the Mediterranean

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Climate Modeling Over the Mediterranean Region: An Overview....Pages 1-14
Modeling of Dust Process for the Saharan and Mediterranean Area....Pages 15-23
Quantitative Remote Sensing of African Dust Transport to the Mediterranean....Pages 25-49
Model Components Necessary to Capture a Dust Plume Pattern Over the Mediterranean Sea....Pages 51-58
The Preliminary Modeling Results of Saharan Dust Transport to the Mediterranean Sea and Europe....Pages 59-67
Importance of the Source Term and of the Size Distribution to Model the Mineral Dust Cycle....Pages 69-76
The Effects of Desert Particles on Cloud and Rain Formation in the Eastern Mediterranean....Pages 77-86
Application of a Lagrangian Model to the Study of the Atmospheric Fluxes to the Western Mediterranean....Pages 87-92
Atlantic Disturbances Deeply Penetrating the African Continent: Effects Over Saharan Regions and the Mediterranean Basin....Pages 93-102
Seasonal Distribution of the Boundary Layer Depths Over the Mediterranean Basin....Pages 103-112
Biomass Burning in North Africa and Its Possible Relationship to Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin....Pages 113-122
Modeling the Present and Last Glacial Maximum Transportation of Dust to the Arctic with an Extended Source Scheme....Pages 123-132
Saharan Dust Transport Over the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean: An Overview....Pages 133-151
Mineralogical Characterisation of Saharan Dust with a View to its Final Destination in Mediterranean Sediments....Pages 153-162
The Mineralogical and Chemical Properties and the Behaviour of Aeolian Saharan Dust Over Israel....Pages 163-172
Identification and Quantification of Dust Additions in Perisaharan Soils....Pages 173-182
Sedimentological Characteristics of Saharan and Australian Dusts....Pages 183-190
Saharan Dust Input to the Western Mediterranean: An Eleven Years Record in Corsica....Pages 191-199
African Dust Over Northeastern Spain: Mineralogy and Source Regions....Pages 201-205
Saharan Aerosols: From the Soil to the Ocean....Pages 207-216
Atmosphere-Ocean Mass Fluxes at Two Coastal Sites in Sardinia (39–41° N, 8–10° E)....Pages 217-222
Mineralogy and Source of High Altitude Glacial Deposits in the Western Alps: Clay Minerals as Saharan Dust Tracers....Pages 223-232
Grain Size Analysis of Aerosol and Rain Particles: A Methodological Comparison....Pages 233-238
Aerobiological Results from the 1994 Cruise of the Urania (CNR)....Pages 239-246
Long-Range Transport of Biological Particles of Desert Origin: A Short Review....Pages 247-252
The Influence of Saharan and Middle Eastern Desert-Derived Dust on the Trace Metal Composition of Mediterranean Aerosols and Rainwaters: An Overview....Pages 253-273
Elemental Composition and Air Trajectories of African Dust Transported in Northern Italy....Pages 275-283
The Impact of Saharan Dust on Trace Metal Solubility in Rainwater in Sardinia, Italy....Pages 285-290
Northward Transport of Saharan Dust Recorded in a Deep Alpine Ice Core....Pages 291-300
Estimating Dust Input to the Atlantic Ocean Using Surface Water Aluminium Concentrations....Pages 301-311
Effect of Saharan Dust Transport on Ozone and Carbon Dioxide Concentration....Pages 313-322
African Dust Influence on Rainwater on the Eastern Coast of Spain....Pages 323-332
Trace Metal Composition and Grain-Size of Particulates in Aerosols and Precipitation Collected in N.W. Mediterranean (39° N, 9° E): A Multivariate Analysis....Pages 333-338
Chemical Concentrations and Elements Size Distributions of Aerosols in the Eastern Mediterranean During Strong Dust Storms....Pages 339-347
Atmospheric Input of Nutrients and Dust to the SE Mediterranean....Pages 349-358
Shipboard Derived Concentrations of Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds and Trace Metals in the Mediterranean Aerosol....Pages 359-368
 Quasi -Seasonal Neutralization of Acid Rain in Tuscany: Can Saharan Dust be Responsible?....Pages 369-373
Relationships Among Some Components of Marine Aerosol Sampled at Leghorn, Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy)....Pages 375-380
Evidence of Biogenic Sulphur Compounds in Mediterranean Aerosol and Rainwater....Pages 381-386
Back Matter....Pages 387-391