ABSTRACT

Desert dust cycle is considered as important in the atmosphere and the ocean. Dust particles can have considerable impacts on radiation, clouds and precipitation. Perturbations on dust cycle are considerable on climate for various reasons. Deserts dust can reduce the incoming radiation near surface, can warm middle tropospheric layers and therefore affect precipitation or can assist in the formation of small water droplets and therefore suppress precipitation, or finally, in combination with sea salt and anthropogenic pollutants (like sulfates) can form gigantic CCNs that behave like Ice Nucleus (IN) and enhance precipitation and creation of storms. Dust deposition can affect significantly the marine biological and radiative processes.