Nick Brooks, PhD Thesis, 1999.        Home Page    Email
Dust-climate interactions in the Sahel-Sahara zone of northern Africa, with particular reference to late twentieth century Sahelian drought.

This thesis was undertaken at the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, under the supervision of Mike Hulme, Mick Kelly and Steve Dorling, submitted in September 1999 and awarded in November 1999.

The thesis may be viewed/downloaded in pdf format (if you have Acrobat Reader) from the links in the table below. Selected parts are also available in HTML format, as are descriptions of the Infra-red Difference Dust Index and some of the findings, abridged from Chapters 3, 6 and 7 respectively. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
 
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Acknowledgements, abstract & contents abstract and contents
Chapter 1- Introduction  -
Chapter 2 - Review   -
Chapter 3 - Data  abridged - dust remote sensing and the IDDI
Chapter 4 - Sahel rainfall in GCMs  -
Chapter 5 - Dust variability  -
Chapter 6 - Controls on dust production abridged - dust, drought and land degradation
Chapter 7 - Dust impacts on climate  abridged - dust impacts on atmospheric temperatures
Chapter 8 - Conclusions  -
Reference List Reference List
Appendix I - Dust and SLP anomalies  -
Appendix II - Dust and wind anomalies  -
Appendix III - Dust-temperature correlations  -
Appendix IV - Dust-vertical velocity correlations  -