Selected Topics

Source Attribution of Windblown Dust: Impact on Air Quality

  •  Joshi, J.R., 2021. Quantifying the impact of cropland wind erosion on air quality: A high-resolution modeling case study of an Arizona dust storm. Atmospheric Environment, 263, 118658.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118658   (airborne/windblown dust from farmland or agricultural land)
Model Improvement (Several issues pointed out, some implied) 
Predictability: Short-range 
  • Joshi, J. and Shukla, J., 2023. “Butterfly Effect” for dust storms. AGU Fall Meeting 2023.
 Predictability: Seasonal
  •  Joshi, J., Shukla, J., Ginoux, P., Pu, B., da Silva, A.M., and Delworth, T.L., 2022. AMS 2022 (talk).
    Seasonal Variability & Predictability of Atmospheric Dustiness over the Western US [physics-informed statistical modeling]

Modeling and Predictability of Dust Storms and Atmospheric Dustiness Over the Western United States

  •  Joshi, J., 2023 (Could be useful for literature review on dust, meteorology, and predictability. Please cite if found useful.)
 
Atmospheric Rivers
  • Mitchell, A.K., DeFlorio, M.J., Subramanian, A.C., Berner, J., Joshi, J.R., Mastrantonas, N., Nash, D., and Scheftic, W., 2022. Subseasonal Predictions during the 2017 Oroville Dam Crisis: Role of Atmospheric Rivers and An­tecedent Synoptic Conditions. AMS 2022