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Large-Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils and Convective Vortices

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In this review, we address the use of numerical computations called Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) to study dust devils, and the more general class of atmospheric phenomena they belong to (convective vortices). We describe the main elements of the LES methodology. We review the properties, statistics, and variability of dust devils and convective vortices resolved by LES in both terrestrial and Martian environments. The current challenges faced by modelers using LES for dust devils are also discussed in detail.

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We acknowledge the logistic and financial help of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Bern, Switzerland) for the organization of a “dust devils” international workshop that led to the writing of this review chapter. We are indebted to two anonymous reviewers and associate editor Ralph Lorenz for constructive comments which helped to improve this review.

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  1. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, UMR CNRS 8539, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France

    Aymeric Spiga

  2. SouthWest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA

    Erika Barth & Scot Rafkin

  3. Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

    Zhaolin Gu

  4. Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Fabian Hoffmann & Siegfried Raasch

  5. Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan

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  6. Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

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    Martina Klose

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    Seiya Nishizawa

  9. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Tetsuya Takemi

  10. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

    Daniel Tyler

  11. Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

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Spiga, A., Barth, E., Gu, Z. et al. Large-Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils and Convective Vortices. Space Sci Rev 203, 245–275 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-016-0284-x

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