Joe Prospero's
Publications
Last
updated: 24 August 2005
2005
Mari, C., and J.M. Prospero, African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Atmospheric Chemistry (AMMA - AC): A new IGAC Task. IGACtivities Newsletter, Issue 31, 2-13, June, 2005. [pdf]
Chiapello, I., C. Moulin, and J.M. Prospero,
Understanding the long-term variability of African dust transport
across the Atlantic as recorded in both Barbados surface concentrations
and large-scale Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) optical
thickness, J. Geophys. Res.,
110, D18S10, doi:10.1029/2004JD005132, 2005. [abs]
[pdf]
Jickells, T.D., Z.S. An, K.K., Andersen, A.R. Baker, G. Bergametti, N.
Brooks, J.J. Cao, P.W. Boyd, R.A. Duce, K.A. Hunter, H. Kawahata, N.
Kubilay, J. LaRoche, P.S. Liss, N. Mahowald, J.M. Prospero, A.J.
Ridgwell, L. Tegen, and R. Torres, Global Iron Connections Between
Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate, Science,
308, 67-71, 2005. [abs]
[pdf]
2004
Prospero, J.M., E. Blades, G. Mathison,
and R.Naidu, Interhemispheric transport of viable fungi and bacteria
from Africa to the Caribbean with soil dust, Aerobiologia, 20(4), 2004. [abs]
Ginoux, P., J.M.
Prospero, O. Torres, and M. Chin, Longterm
simulation of dust distribution with the GOCART model: Correlation with
the North Atlantic Oscillation, Environmental
Modeling and Software, 19,
113-128, 2004. [abs]
[pdf]
Arimoto, R., X.Y. Zhang, B.J. Huebert,
C.H. Kang, D.L. Savoie, J.M. Prospero, S.K. Sage, C.A. Schloesslin,
H.M. Khaing, and S.N. Oh, Chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols
from Zhenbeitai, China and Gosan, South Korea, durimg ACE-Asia, J. Geophy. Res., 109, D19S04,
doi:10.1029/2003JD004323, 2004. [abs]
[pdf]
Prospero, J.M., Interhemispheric
Transport of Viable Fungi and Bacteria from Africa to the Caribben with
Soil Dust, in Biological Resources
and Migration, Chapter 11, edited by D. Werner, Springer-Verlag,
Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 127-132, 2004. [abs]
[pdf]
2003
Prospero, J.M., D.L. Savoie, and R. Arimoto, Long-term record of nss-sulfate and nitrate in aerosols on Midway Island, 1981-2000: evidence of increased (now decreasing?) anthropogenic emissions from Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D1), 4019, doi.:10.1029/2001JD001524, 2003. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., and J.P. Lamb, African droughts and dust transport to the Caribbean: Climate change and implications, Science, 302, 1024-1027, 2003. [abs] [pdf]
Reid, J.S., J.E.
Kinney, D.L. Wastphal, B.N. Holben, E.J. Welton, S.-C. Tsay,
D.P. Eleuterio, J.R. Campbell, S.A. Christopher, P.R.
Colarco, H.H. Jonsson, J.M. Livingston, H.B. Maring,
M.L. Meier, P. Pilewskie, J.M. Prospero, E.A.
Reid, L.A. Remer, P.B. Russell, D.L. Savoie,
A. Smirnov, and D. Tanré, Analysis
of
measurements of Saharan dust by airborne and
ground-based remote sensing methods during the Puerto
Rico Dust Experiment (PRIDE), J. Geophys. Res. 108(D19),
8586, doi:10:1029/2002/D002493, 2003. [abs]
[pdf]
Sassen, K., P.J. DeMott, J.M. Prospero,
and M.R. Peollot, Saharan
Dust Storms and Indirect Aerosol Effects on Clouds: CRYSTALFACE
Results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(12),
1633, doi:10.1029/2003GL917371, 2003. [abs]
[pdf]
2002
Chuang, C.C., J.E. Penner, J.M. Prospero, K.E. Grant, G.H. Rau, and K. Kawamoto, Cloud susceptibility and the first aerosol indirect forcing: Sensitivity to black carbon and aerosol concentrations, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D21), 4564, doi:10.1029/2000JD 000215, 2002. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., P. Ginoux, O. Torres, S. Nicholson, and T. Gill, Environmental Characterization of Global Sources of Atmospheric Soil Dust Identified with the NIMBUS7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Absorbing Aerosol Product, Rev. Geophys., 40, 1, 1002, doi:10.1029/2000RG000095, 2002. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero,
J.M., The Chemical and Physical Properties of Marine Aerosols: An
Introduction, in Chemistry of
Marine Water and Sediments, edited by A. Gianguzza, E.
Pellizzetti and S. Sammarano, pp. 35-82, Springer-Verlag Berlin,
Heidelberg, 2002. [pdf]
Savoie,
D.L., R. Arimoto, W.C. Keene, J.M. Prospero, R.A. Duce, and
J.N. Galloway, Marine
biogenic and anthropogenic contributions to
nonseasalt
sulfate in the marine boundary layer over the North Atlantic Ocean,
J.
Geophys. Res., 107(D18), 4356, doi:10.1029/2001JD000970,
2002. [abs]
[pdf]
Satheesh, S.K., V. Ramanathan, B.N. Holben, K.K. Moorthy, N.G. Loeb, H. Maring, J.M. Prospero, and D. Savoie, Chemical, microphysical, and radiative effects of Indian Ocean aeroaols, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D23), 4725, doi:10.1029/2002JD 002463, 2002. [abs] [pdf]
2001
Barrie,
L.A., Y. Yi, W.R. Leaitch, et
al.,
A
comparison of large scale atmospheric sulphate aerosol models
(COSAM):
Overview and highlights, Tellus, 53B, 615-645, 2001. [abs]
[pdf]
Díaz, J.P., F.J. Expósito, C.J. Torres, F. Herrera, J.M. Prospero, and M.C. Romero, Radiative properties of aerosols in Saharan dust outbreaks using ground-based and satellite date: Applications to radiative forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 106(D16), 18,403-18,416, 2001. [abs] [pdf]
Díaz, J.P., M. Arbelo, G. Podesta, R. Evans, and J.M. Prospero, Relationship between errors in AVHRR derived sea surface temperature and the TOMS aerosol index, Geophys. Res. Letts., 28(10), 1989-1992, 2001. [abs] [pdf]
Ginoux, P., M. Chin, I. Tegen, J.M. Prospero, B. Holben, O. Dubovik, and S.-J. Lin, Sources and distributions of dust aerosols simulated with the GOCART model, J. Geophys. Res., 106(D17), 20,255-20,274, 2001. [abs] [pdf]
Hayes, M.L., J. Bonaventura, T. P. Mitchell, J.M. Prospero, E. A. Shinn, F.A. Van Dolah, and R.T. Barber, How are climate and marine biological outbreaks functionally linked?, Hydrobiologia, 460, 213-220, 2001. [abs] [pdf]
Lenes, J.M., B.P. Darrow, C. Cattrall,
C.A. Heil,
M. Callahan, G.A. Vargo, R.H. Byrne, J.M. Prospero, D.E. Bates, K.
Fanning, and
J.J. Walsh, Iron fertilization and the Trichodesmium response on
the West
Florida shelf, Limnol. Oceanogr., 46(6), 1261-1277, 2001.
[abs]
[pdf]
Li-Jones, X., D.L. Savoie, and J.M. Prospero, HNO3 losses within the cyclone inlet of a diffusion-denuder system under simulated marine environments, Atmos. Environ. 35, 985-993, 2001. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., I. Olmez, and M. Ames, Al and Fe in PM 2.5 and PM 10 suspended particles in South-Central Florida: The impact of the long range transport of African mineral dust, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 125, 291-317, 2001. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., African Dust in America, Geotimes, pp.24-27, November, 2001. [pdf]
Ramanathan, V., P.J. Crutzen, J.
Lelieveld, et
al., The
Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated assessment of
the
climate forcing and effects of the Great Indo-Asian haze, J.
Geophys. Res,
106(D22), 28,371-28,398, 2001. [abs]
[pdf]
2000
Maring, H., D. Savoie, M. Izaguirre, C.
McCormick, R. Arimoto, J. Prospero, and C. Pilinis, Aerosol
Physical
and Optical Properties and their Relationship to Aerosol Composition in
the
Free Troposphere at Izaňa, Tenerife, Canary Islands during July 1995,
J.
Geophys. Res., 105, 14,677-14,700, 2000. [abs]
[pdf]
Putaud, J.P., R. Van Dingenen, M. Mangoni., A. Virkkula, F. Raes, H. Maring, J.M. Prospero, E. Swietlicki, O.H. Berg, R. Hillamo, and T. Makela, Chemical mass closure and assessment of the origin of the submicron aerosol in the marine boundary layer and the free troposphere at Tenerife during ACE2, Tellus, 52B, 141-168, 2000. [abs] [pdf]
Shinn, E.A., G.W. Smith, J.M. Prospero, P. Betzer, M.L. Hayes II, V. Garrison, and R.T. Barber, African Dust and the Demise of Caribbean Coral Reefs, Geophys. Res. Letts., 27, 3029-2032, 2000. [abs] [pdf]
Smirnov, A., B.N. Holben, D. Savoie, J.M. Prospero, Y.J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, T.F. Eck, and I. Slutsker, Relationship between column aerosol optical thickness and in situ ground based dust concentrations over Barbados, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1643-1646, 2000. [abs] [pdf]
1999
Chiapello, I., J.M. Prospero, J.R.
Herman, and
N.C. Hsu, Detection of mineral dust over the North Atlantic Ocean and
Africa
with the Nimbus 7 TOMS, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 9277-9291, 1999.
[abs]
[pdf]
Prospero, J.M., Long-range transport of
mineral
dust in the global atmosphere: Impact of African dust on the
environment of the
southeastern United States, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96,
3396-3403,
1999. [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., Long-term measurements
of the
transport of African mineral dust to the southeastern United States:
Implications for regional air quality, J. Geophys. Res. ,104(D13),
15,917-15,927, 1999. [abs]
[pdf]
Prospero, J.M., Assessing the Impact of Advected African Dust on Air Quality and Health in the Eastern United States, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 5(3), 471-479, 1999. [abs] [pdf]
Satheesh, S.K., V. Ramanathan, Xu Li-Jones, J.M. Lobert, I.A. Podgorny, J.M. Prospero, B.N. Holben, and N.G. Loeb, A model for the natural and anthropogenic aerosols over the tropical Indian Ocean derived from Indian Ocean Experiment data, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D22), 27,421-27440, 1999. [abs] [pdf]Jickells, T.D., S. Dorling, W.G. Deuser, T.M. Church, R. Arimoto, and J. Prospero, Air-Borne dust fluxes to a deep water sediment trap in the Sargasso Sea, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 12(2), 311-320, 1998. [abs] [pdf]
Krishnamurti, T.N., B. Jha, J.M. Prospero, A. Jayaraman, and V. Ramanathan, Aerosol and pollutant transport and their impact on radiative forcing over the tropical Indian Ocean during the January/February 1996 PreINDOEX cruise,. Tellus, 50B(5), 531-542, 1998. [abs] [pdf]
Li-Jones, X., and J.M. Prospero,
Variations
in the
size distribution of non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol in marine boundary
layer at
Barbados: Impact of African dust, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D13),
16,073-16,084, 1998. [abs]
[pdf]
Li-Jones, X., H.B. Maring, and J.M.
Prospero, Effect of relative humidity on light scattering by mineral
dust aerosol as measured in the marine boundary layer over the tropical
Atlantic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D23),
31,113-31,122, 1998. [abs]
[pdf]
1997
Arimoto, R., R.A. Duce, J.M. Prospero, D.L. Savoie, R.W. Talbot, J.E. Dibb, B.G. Heikes, B.J. Ray, N.F. Lewis, and U. Tomza, Comparisons of trace constituents from ground stations and the DC-8 aircraft during PEM-West B, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D23), 28,539-28,550, 1997. [abs] [pdf]
Chen, L.-L., G.R. Carmichael, M.-S. Hong, H. Ueda, S. Shim, C.H. Song, Y.P. Kim, R. Arimoto, J. Prospero, D. Savoie, K. Murano, J.K. Park, H. Lee, and C. Kang, Influence of continental outflow events on the aerosol composition at Cheju Island, South Korea, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 28,551-28,574, 1997. [abs] [pdf]
Gong, S.L., L.A. Barrie, J.M. Prospero, D.L. Savoie, G.P. Ayers, J.-P. Blanchet, and L. Spacek, Modeling sea-salt aerosols in the atmosphere 2. Atmospheric concentrations and fluxes, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 3819-3830, 1997. [abs] [pdf]
Husar, R.B., J.M. Prospero, and L.L. Stowe, Characterization of tropospheric aerosols over the oceans with the NOAA/AVHRR optical thickness operational product, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D14), 16,889-16909, 1997. [abs] [pdf]
Raes, F., R. Van Dingenen, E. Cuevas, P. Van Velthoven, and J. Prospero, Observations of aerosols in the free troposphere and marine boundary layer of the subtropical N.E. Atlantic: discussion of the processes determining their size distribution, J. Geophys. Res., 102(DD17), 21,315-21,328, 1997. [abs] [pdf]
Rhoads, K.P., P. Kelley, R.R Dickerson, T.P. Carsey, M. Farmer, S.J. Oltmans, D.L. Savoie, and J.M. Prospero, Composition of the troposphere over the Indian Ocean during the monsoonal transition, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D15), 18,981-18,996, 1997. [abs] [pdf]
Zhu, X.R., J.M. Prospero, and F.J.
Millero. Diel
variability of soluble Fe(II) and soluble total Fe in North African
dust in the
Trade Winds at Barbados, J. Geophys. Res., 102(DD17),
21,297-21,306,
1997. [abs]
[pdf]
1996
Arimoto, R., R.A. Duce, D.L. Savoie,
J.M.
Prospero, R. Talbot, J.D. Cullen, U. Tomza, N.F. Lewis, and B.J. Ray,
Relationships
among aerosol constituents from Asia and the North Pacific during
PEM-West A., J.
Geophys. Res., 101, 2011-2023, 1996. [abs]
[pdf]
Galloway, J.N., R.W. Howarth, A.F.
Michaels, S.W.
Nixon, J.M. Prospero, and F.J. Dentener, Nitrogen and phosphorus
budgets
of the
North Atlantic Ocean and its watershed, Biogeochemistry 35, 3-25,
1996.
Gatz, D.F., and J.M. Prospero, A large silicon-aluminum aerosol plume in central Illinois: North African desert dust? Atmos. Environ., 30, 3789-3799, 1996. [abs] [pdf]
Herwitz, S.R., D.R. Muhs, J.M. Prospero, S. Mahan, and B. Vaughn.,Origin of Bermuda's clay-rich Quaternery paleosols and their paleocliamtic significance, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 23,389-23,400, 1996. [abs] [pdf]
Li, X., H. Maring, D. Savoie, K. Voss,
and J.M.
Prospero, Dominance of mineral dust in aerosol light scattering in the
North Atlantic
trade winds, Nature, 380, 416-419, 1996.
Michaels, A.F., D. Olson, J.W. Ammerman, K. Fanning, R. Jahnke, A.H. Knap, F. Lipschultz, and J.M. Prospero, Inputs, losses and transformations of nitrogen and phosphorus in the pelagic north Atlantic Ocean, Biogeochemistry, 35, 181-226, 1996. [abs] [pdf]
Oltmans, S.J., H. Levy II, J.M. Harris, J.T. Merrill, J.L. Moody, J.A. Lathrop, E. Cuevas, M. Trainer, M.S. O'Neill, J.M. Prospero, J. Vomel, and B.J. Johnson, Summer and spring ozone profiles over the North Atlantic from ozonesonde measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 110, 29179-29200, doi:10.1029/96JD01713, 1996. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., K. Barrett, T. Church, F. Dentener, R.A. Duce, J.N. Galloway, H. Levy II, J. Moody, and P. Quinn, Atmospheric deposition of nutrients to the North Atlantic Basin, Biogeochemistry, 35, 27-73, 1996. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., The Atmospheric transport of particles to the Ocean, in Particle Flux in the Ocean, edited by V. Ittekkot, P. Schäfer, S. Honjo and P.J. Depetris, SCOPE Report 57, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 19-52, 1996. [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., Saharan dust transport
over the
north Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean: An Overview, in The Impact
of Desert
Dust from Northern
Africa Across the Mediterranean, edited by S. Guerzoni and R.
Chester,
133-151, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 1996. [abs]
[pdf]
1995
Prospero, J.M., D.L. Savoie, R. Arimoto, H. Olafsson, and H. Hjartarson, Sources of aerosol nitrate and non-sea-salt (nss) sulfate in the Iceland region, Sci. Total Environ., 160/161, 181-191, 1995. [abs] [pdf]
Prospero, J.M., R. Schmitt, E. Cuevas,
D. Savoie,
W. Graustein, K. Turekian, A. Volz-Thomas, S. Oltmans, H. Levy, and A.
Diaz,
Temporal
variability of ozone and aerosols in the free troposphere over
the
Eastern North Atlantic, Geophys. Res. Letts., 22, 2925-2928,
1995. [abs]
[pdf]
1994
Leinen, M., J.M. Prospero, E. Arnold, and M. Blank, Mineralogy of aeolian dust reaching the North Pacific Ocean, 1, Sampling and analysis, J. Geophys. Res. 99, 21,017-21,024, 1994. [abs] [pdf]
Penkett, S.A., F.C. Fehsenfeld, and
J.M. Prospero, Atmospheric chemistry and composition of air over the
North Atlantic Ocean, in Global
Atmospheric-Biospheric Chemistry: The First IGAC Scientific Conference,
edited by R.G. Prinn. Proceedings from the First IGAC Scientific
Conference, Eilat, Israel, April 18-22, 1993, Plenum Press, NY, 1994. [abs]
[pdf]
Savoie, D.L., J.M. Prospero, R. Arimoto, and R.A. Duce, Nonsea-salt sulfate and methanesulfonate at American Samoa, J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos., 99, 3587-3596, 1994. [abs] [pdf]
Uematsu, M., R.A. Duce and J.M. Prospero, Atmospheric beryllium-7 concentrations over the Pacific Ocean, Geophys. Res. Letts.. 21(7), 561-564, 1994. [abs] [pdf]
1993
Savoie, D.L., J.M. Prospero, R.J.
Larsen, F.
Huang, M. Izaguirre, T. Huang, T. Snowdon, L. Custals, and C.G.
Sanderson,
Nitrogen and sulfur species in Antarctic aerosols at Mawson, Palmer
Station,
and Marsh (King George Island), J. Atmos. Chem., 17, 95-122,
1993.
1989
Prospero, J.M., M. Uematsu, and D.L.
Savoie, Mineral aerosol transport to the Pacific Ocean, in Chemical Oceanography, Volume 10,
pp. 187-218, edited by J. P. Riley, Academic Press, New York, 1989. [pdf]
Savoie, D.L., J.M. Prospero, and E.S.
Saltzman, Nitrate, non-seasalt sulfate and methanesulfonate over
the Pacific Ocean, in Chemical
Oceanography, Volume 10, pp. 219-250, edited by J.
P. Riley, Academic Press, New York, 1989. [pdf]
Savoie, D.L., J.M. Prospero, J.T.
Merrill, and M. Uematsu, Nitrate in the atmospheric boundary layer of
the tropical South Pacific: Implications regarding sources and
transport, J. Atmos. Chem. 8,
391-415, 1989. [abs]
[pdf]
1987
Prospero,
J.M., R.T. Nees, and M Uematsu, Deposition rate of particulate and
dissolved aluminum derived from Saharan dust in preicipitation at
Miami, Florida, J. Geophys. Res., 92,
14,723-14,731, 1987. [abs]
[pdf]
Helgren,
D.M., and J.M. Prospero, Wind velocities associated with dust deflation
events in the Western Sahara, J.
Clim. Appl. Meteor. 26, 1147-1151, 1987. [abs]
[pdf]
1983
Uematsu, M,., R.A. Duce, J.M. Prospero, L. Chen, J.T. Merrill, and R.L. McDonald, Transport of mineral aerosol from Asia over the North Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 88(C9), 5343-5352, 1983. [abs] [pdf]
1981
Prospero, J.M., Eolian transport to the
World Ocean, in The Oceanic
Lithosphere, The Sea, Vol. 7, pp. 801-874, edited by C.
Emiliani, Wiley Interscience, N.Y., 1981. [pdf]
1980
Duce, R.A., C.K. Unni, B.J. Ray, J.M. Prospero, and J.T. Merrill, Long range atmospheric transport of soil dust from Asia to the tropical North Pacific, Science, 209, 1522-1524, 1980. [abs] [pdf]
1977
Prospero, J.M., and R.T. Nees,
Dust
concentration in the atmosphere of the Equatorial North Atlantic:
Possible relationship to the Sahelian drought, Science, 196, 1196-1198, 1977. [abs]
[pdf]
1972
Prospero, J.M., and T.N. Carlson,
Vertical and areal distribution of Saharan dust over the western
Equatorial North Atlantic Ocean, J.
Geophys. Res., 77(27), 5255-5265, 1972. [abs]
[pdf]
Carlson, T.N., and J.M. Prospero, The large-scale movement of Saharan Air outbreaks over the Northern Equatorial Atlantic, J. Appl. Meteor., 11, 283-297, 1972. [abs] [pdf]
1970
Prospero, J.M., E. Bonatti, C.
Schubert,
and T.N. Carlson, Dust in the Caribbean atmosphere traced to an African
dust storm, Earth and Plan.
Sci. Lett., 9, 287-293, 1970. [abs]
[pdf]
Prospero, J.M., and T.N. Carlson, Radon-222 in the North Atlantic trade winds: Its relationship to dust transport from Africa, Science, 167, 974-977, 1970. [abs] [pdf]
1968
Silker, W.B., D.E. Robertson, H.G.
Reick, Jr., R.W. Perkins, and J.M. Prospero, Beryllium-7
in ocean water, Science, 161,
879-880, 1968. [abs]
[pdf]