Summary

The 9th International Workshop on Sand / Dust Storms and Associated Dustfall was held in La Laguna city, Tenerife, Spain, on 22-24 May 2018. It is a scientific forum that aims to analyse and discuss the state of the art research on dust, its connections to air quality, environmental impacts and climate.

The session focused on the following topics:

DUST AND CLIMATE INTERACTIONS

• Composition, mineralogy, size, solubility
• Dust processing, aging and change in properties
• Ice nuclei
• Radiation and clouds
• Deposition into the ocean
• Biogeochemical cycles
• Effects and feedbacks – weather and climate

DUST SOURCES AND VARIABILITY

• Natural and anthropogenic dust sources
• Emerging dust sources
• Forecast and data assimilation
• Short range, medium range forecasting and reanalyses

DUST IMPACTS

• Air quality
• Health effects
• Solar energy production
• Effects on agriculture