Collaborative Research: P2C2--Dust Interactions with Climate in the African Humid Period

该项目探讨了非洲潮湿时期（距今约8000 - 5000年）北非的灰尘沉积。该地区是今天沙漠尘埃的重要来源地区，数据表明该地区在潮湿时期更加潮湿，因此，尘埃来源较少。该研究小组的目标是检查灰尘在这段时间内的作用，具体如下：i）汇编这段时间内可用的沙漠灰尘沉积记录; ii）在社区气候系统模型（CCSM）中模拟沙漠灰尘并匹配可用数据; iii）评估这段时间内灰尘辐射强迫对气候的影响。主要的更广泛的影响包括支持本科生和研究生，以及帮助改善在CCSM气溶胶的表征。 为CCSM改进气溶胶对广泛的大气科学家具有广泛的吸引力。

This project explores dust deposition during the African Humid Period (~8,000-5,000 years before present) in North Africa. This region is a significant source region for desert dust today and data suggest that the area was much wetter during the Humid Period and, as a consequence, less of a source of dust. The research team aims to examine the role of dust during this time period as follows: i) compile available desert dust deposition records for this time period; ii) simulate desert dust in the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) and match the available data; and iii) evaluate the impact of dust radiative forcing on climate during this time period. The primary broader impacts involve supporting undergraduate and graduate students as well as helping improve the characterization of aerosols in the CCSM. Improving aerosols for the CCSM has a wide appeal to a broad spectrum of atmospheric scientists.