Modulation of mid-Holocene northern African rainfall by direct and indirect dust aerosol effects


Alexander Thompson1, Christopher B Skinner2,3, Christopher J Poulsen4 and Jiang Zhu3,5, (1)Washington University in St. Louis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lowell, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)University of Oregon, Earth Sciences, Eugene, United States, (5)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States