The Impact of the Timing of Precipitation and Vegetation Growth on Potential Dust Emission

Greg S Okin1, Caroline Pierre2, Gilles Bergametti2, Beatrice Marticorena3 and Jean Louis Rajot4, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)LISA Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, Créteil Cedex, France, (3)University Denis Diderot Paris VII, Paris Cedex 13, France, (4)IRD, iEES-Paris / LISA, Paris, France