16 Apr 2019
| 16 Apr 2019
A meandering polar jet caused the development of a Saharan cyclone and the transport of dust toward Greenland
Center for Global Sea Level Change, NYUAD Institute, New York
University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Clare Eayrs
Center for Global Sea Level Change, NYUAD Institute, New York
University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS,
Toulouse, France
Thomas Mote
Department of Geography, University of Georgia,
Athens, GA, USA
David M. Holland
Center for Global Sea Level Change, NYUAD Institute, New York
University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, USA
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Short summary
Changes in Polar jet circulation bring more dust from Sahara to Greenland. The poleward transport of warm, moist, and dust-laden air masses from the Sahara results in ice melting in Greenland. A meandering polar jet was discovered as responsible for both the emission and the poleward transport of dust. The emission has been linked to an intense Saharan cyclone that formed in April 2011, as a result of the intrusion of an upper-level trough emanating from the polar jet and orographic blocking.
Changes in Polar jet circulation bring more dust from Sahara to Greenland. The poleward...
