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Below is an in-progress list of publications authored by UC Dust scientists relevant to understanding dust storms in California
Dust Storms and Health
- Head, J. R., Sondermeyer-Cooksey, G., Heaney, A. K., Alexander, T. Y., Jones, I., Bhattachan, A., ... & Remais, J. V. (2022). Effects of precipitation, heat, and drought on incidence and expansion of coccidioidomycosis in western USA: a longitudinal surveillance study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(10), e793-e803.
- Miao, Y., Porter, W. C., Schwabe, K., & LeComte-Hinely, J. (2022). Evaluating health outcome metrics and their connections to air pollution and vulnerability in Southern California's Coachella Valley. Science of the Total Environment, 821, 153255.
- Bhattachan, A., Okin, G. S., Zhang, J., Vimal, S., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2019). Characterizing the role of wind and dust in traffic accidents in California. GeoHealth, 3(10), 328-336.
- Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., & Randerson, J. T. (2019). Expansion of coccidioidomycosis endemic regions in the United States in response to climate change. GeoHealth, 3(10), 308-327.
- Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A., Zender, C. S., Treseder, K. K., & Randerson, J. T. (2018). Coccidioidomycosis dynamics in relation to climate in the southwestern United States. GeoHealth, 2(1), 6-24.
Environmental Drivers and Impacts
- Kuwano, A.M., Evan, A., Walkowiak, B. and Frouin, R. (2024). Quantifying the dust direct radiative effect in the Southwestern United States: findings from multiyear measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 17(24), 9843-9868
- May-Lagunes, G., Chau, V., Ellestad, E., Greengard, L., D'Odorico, P., Vahabi, P., ... & Girotto, M. (2023). Forecasting groundwater levels using machine learning methods: The case of California’s Central Valley. Journal of Hydrology X, 21, 100161.
- Huang, Y., Kok, J.F., Martin, R.L., Swet, N., Katra, I., Gill, T.E., Reynolds, R.L. and Freire, L.S. (2019). Fine dust emissions from active sands at coastal Oceano Dunes, California. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(5), 2947-2964.
- Parajuli, S. P., & Zender, C. S. (2018). Projected changes in dust emissions and regional air quality due to the shrinking Salton Sea. Aeolian Research, 33, 82-92.
- Parajuli, S. P., & Zender, C. S. (2017). Connecting geomorphology to dust emission through high-resolution mapping of global land cover and sediment supply. Aeolian Research, 27, 47-65.
- Kaste, J. M., Elmore, A. J., Vest, K. R., & Okin, G. S. (2016). Groundwater controls on episodic soil erosion and dust emissions in a desert ecosystem. Geology, 44(9), 771-774.
- Ravi, S., Breshears, D. D., Huxman, T. E., & D'Odorico, P. (2010). Land degradation in drylands: interactions among hydrologic–aeolian erosion and vegetation dynamics. Geomorphology, 116(3-4), 236-245.
- Ravi, S., D’Odorico, P., Huxman, T. E., & Collins, S. L. (2010). Interactions between soil erosion processes and fires: implications for the dynamics of fertility islands. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 63(3), 267-274.
Meteorology of California Dust Storms
- Evan, A. T., Porter, W. C., Clemesha, R., Kuwano, A., & Frouin, R. (2023). Characteristics of Dust Storms Generated by Trapped Waves in the Lee of Mountains. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 80(3), 743-761.
- Evan, A. T., Porter, W., Clemesha, R., Kuwano, A., & Frouin, R. (2022). Measurements of a dusty density current in the western Sonoran desert. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(8), e2021JD035830.
- Evan, A. T. (2019). Downslope winds and dust storms in the salton basin. Monthly Weather Review, 147(7), 2387-2402.
Modeling Dust
- LeGrand, S. L., Letcher, T. W., Okin, G. S., Webb, N. P., Gallagher, A. R., Dhital, S., ... & Michaels, M. L. (2023). Application of a satellite-retrieved sheltering parameterization (v1. 0) for dust event simulation with WRF-Chem v4. 1. Geoscientific Model Development, 16(3), 1009-1038.
- Leung, D.M., Kok, J.F., Li, L., Okin, G.S., Prigent, C., Klose, M., Pérez García-Pando, C., Menut, L., Mahowald, N.M., Lawrence, D.M. and Chamecki, M. (2023). A new process-based and scale-aware desert dust emission scheme for global climate models–Part I: Description and evaluation against inverse modeling emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23(11), 6487-6523.
- Edwards, B. L., Webb, N. P., Galloza, M. S., Van Zee, J. W., Courtright, E. M., Cooper, B. F., ... & Van Pelt, R. S. (2022). Parameterizing an aeolian erosion model for rangelands. Aeolian Research, 54, 100769.
- Vest, K. R., Elmore, A. J., Kaste, J. M., Okin, G. S., & Li, J. (2013). Estimating total horizontal Aeolian flux within shrub‐invaded groundwater‐dependent meadows using empirical and mechanistic models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118(2), 1132-1146.