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Overview

Jasper F. Kok is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their scientific work encompasses several main topics including:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Jasper F. Kok has contributed multiple research articles to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kok include:

  • "Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change," 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

In addition to Kok's own publications, frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Adeyemi A. Adebiyi
  • N. M. Mahowald
  • Yue Huang
  • Longlei Li
  • Danny M. Leung

This network of collaboration supports research into the complex processes affecting atmospheric aerosols, dust cycles, and climate interactions.

Best Publications

  • The physics of wind-blown sand and dust

    Jasper F Kok;Eric J R Parteli;Timothy I Michaels;Diana Bou Karam

  • The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

    Natalie Mahowald;Samuel Albani;Jasper F. Kok;Jasper F. Kok;Sebastian Engelstaeder

  • A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols suggests climate models underestimate the size of the global dust cycle.

    Jasper F. Kok

  • Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change

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  • A comprehensive numerical model of steady state saltation (COMSALT)

    Jasper F. Kok;Nilton O. Renno

  • Improved dust representation in the Community Atmosphere Model

    S. Albani;S. Albani;N. M. Mahowald;A. T. Perry;R. A. Scanza

  • Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust

    Jasper F. Kok;Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Samuel Albani;Yves Balkanski

  • Climate models miss most of the coarse dust in the atmosphere.

    Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Jasper F. Kok

  • Global and regional importance of the direct dust-climate feedback

    Jasper F. Kok;Daniel S. Ward;Natalie M. Mahowald;Amato T. Evan

  • A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system

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  • The physics of wind-blown loess: Implications for grain size proxy interpretations in Quaternary paleoclimate studies

    Gábor Újvári;Jasper F. Kok;György Varga;János Kovács

  • Electrostatics in wind-blown sand.

    Jasper F. Kok;Nilton O. Renno

  • Possible physical and thermodynamical evidence for liquid water at the Phoenix landing site

    Nilton O. Rennó;Brent J. Bos;David Catling;Benton C. Clark

  • An improved dust emission model – Part 1: Model description and comparison against measurements

    J. F. Kok;J. F. Kok;N. M. Mahowald;G. Fratini;G. Fratini;J. A. Gillies

  • Smaller desert dust cooling effect estimated from analysis of dust size and abundance

    Jasper F. Kok;David A. Ridley;Qing Zhou;Ron L. Miller

  • Pyrogenic iron: the missing link to high iron solubility in aerosols

    Akinori Ito;Stelios Myriokefalitakis;Maria Kanakidou;Natalie M. Mahowald

  • Uncertainty in modeling dust mass balance and radiative forcing from size parameterization

    Chun Zhao;Siyu Chen;Siyu Chen;Lai-Yung R. Leung;Yun Qian

  • Modeling dust as component minerals in the Community Atmosphere Model: Development of framework and impact on radiative forcing

    Rachel Scanza;N. Mahowald;Steven J. Ghan;C. S. Zender

  • Difference in the wind speeds required for initiation versus continuation of sand transport on mars: implications for dunes and dust storms.

    Jasper F. Kok

  • Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance

    Jasper F. Kok;Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Samuel Albani;Samuel Albani;Yves Balkanski

  • Does the size distribution of mineral dust aerosols depend on the wind speed at emission

    J. F. Kok;J. F. Kok

  • An observationally constrained estimate of global dust aerosol optical depth

    David A. Ridley;Colette L. Heald;Jasper F. Kok;Chun Zhao

  • Wind-invariant saltation heights imply linear scaling of aeolian saltation flux with shear stress

    Raleigh L. Martin;Jasper F. Kok

  • Improved dust representation in the Community Atmospheric Model

    S. Albani;N. M. Mahowald;A. T. Perry;N. G. Heavens

Frequent Co-Authors

Natalie M. Mahowald
Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University
Samuel Albani
Samuel Albani University of Milano-Bicocca
Nilton O. Renno
Nilton O. Renno University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ron L. Miller
Ron L. Miller Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Chun Zhao
Chun Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Hans J. Herrmann
Hans J. Herrmann ESPCI Paris
John A. Gillies
John A. Gillies Desert Research Institute
Devon M. Burr
Devon M. Burr Northern Arizona University
Chris H. Hugenholtz
Chris H. Hugenholtz University of Calgary

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