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Dust-planetary boundary layer interactions amplified by entrainment and advections

Journal Article · · Atmospheric Research
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  1. Nanjing Univ. of Information Science and Technology (China); Univ. of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK (United States). University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. for Atmospheric Sciences
  3. Nanjing Univ. of Information Science and Technology (China)
  4. Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States). Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
  5. Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
Mineral dust contributes to more than half of the global aerosol loading. However, the radiative impacts of dust aerosols on planetary boundary layer (PBL) structure have not been explored sufficiently. During a typical dust storm event over Tarim Basin, dust aerosols exhibit a well-mixed distribution during the daytime in spite of a shallow layer of dust particles accumulated at higher altitudes. By contrast, nocturnal dust plumes are located near the surface due to stable stratification. We demonstrate that these differentiated vertical distributions determine the spatial heterogeneity of dust loading, radiative fluxes and PBL height variations. Dust aerosols cause daytime PBL suppression and nighttime PBL promotion through modulating surface and atmospheric radiative budgets. Specifically, dust-induced cooling effect within PBL directly inhibits the daytime PBL development. PBL suppression effect is then amplified by entrainment processes resulting in excessively low PBL height, especially for dust particles below but near the PBL top. Dust plumes weaken updrafts from PBL and downdrafts of the free atmosphere, which further reduce the entrainment mixing through attenuating horizontal and vertical advection, and eventually amplify PBL suppression. At night, near-surface dust aerosols stimulate a warm and unstable lower atmosphere, generate warm advection heating and promote the PBL development. Our study highlights the importance of specifying entrainment parameters and nighttime advection activities in quantifying the dust-PBL interactions.
Research Organization:
ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Contributing Organization:
PNNL, BNL, ANL, ORNL
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0021159
OSTI ID:
1882546
Journal Information:
Atmospheric Research, Journal Name: Atmospheric Research Vol. 278; ISSN 0169-8095
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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