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Transport through the atmosphere exposes mineral dust to a number of processes that alter its physicochemical properties, which in turn affects its direct and indirect impacts on climate. In this chapter, we review the physical and chemical processes that alter dust properties and their impacts on dust’s radiative properties, cloud condensation nucleus activity, morphology, nutrient and trace element solubility and the impacts of heterogeneous chemistry on dust surfaces on atmospheric composition.
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Baker, A.R., Laskina, O., Grassian, V.H. (2014). Processing and Ageing in the Atmosphere. In: Knippertz, P., Stuut, JB. (eds) Mineral Dust. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8978-3_4
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