Selected publications (postdocs, graduate students, undergraduate students):
Kok, J. F., T. Storelvmo, V. A. Karydis, A. A. Adebiyi, N. M. Mahowald, A. T. Evan, C. He, and D. M. Leung (2023), Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4, 71-86, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00379-5. Published_article. Supplement.
Adebiyi, A. A., Y. Huang, B. H. Samset, and J. F. Kok (2023), Observations suggest that North African dust absorbs less solar radiation than models estimate, Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 168. Link (open access).
Adebiyi,. A. A., J. F. Kok, B. J. Murray, C. L. Ryder, J.-B. W. Stuut, R. A. Kahn, P. Knippertz, P. Formenti, N. M. Mahowald, C. Perez Garcia-Pando, M. Klose, A. Ansmann, B. H. Samset, A. Ito, Y. Balkanski, C. Di Biagio, M. N. Romanias, Y. Huang, and J. Meng (2023), A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system, Aeolian Research, 60, 100849, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2022.100849. Link (open access).
Leung, D. M., J. F. Kok, L. Li, G. S. Okin, C. Prigent, M. Klose, C. Pérez García-Pando, L. Menut, N. M. Mahowald, D. M. Lawrence, and M. Chamecki, A new process-based and scale-respecting desert dust emission scheme for global climate models – Part I: description and evaluation against inverse modeling emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 6487–6523, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6487-2023, 2023. Link.
Meng, J., Y. Huang, Y., D. M. Leung, L. Li, A. A. Adebiyi, C. L. Ryder, N. M. Mahowald, and J. F. Kok (2022). Improved parameterization for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols reduces model underestimation of super coarse dust. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097287. Link (open access).
Huang, Y., A. A. Adebiyi, P. Formenti, and J. F. Kok (2021), Linking the different diameter types of aspherical desert dust indicates that models underestimate coarse dust emission, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL092054. PDF.
Kok, J. F., A. A. Adebiyi, S. Albani, Y. Balkanski, R. Checa-Garcia, M. Chin, P. R. Colarco, D. S. Hamilton, Y. Huang, A. Ito, M. Klose, L. Li, N. M. Mahowald, R. L. Miller, V. Obiso, C. Pérez García-Pando, A. Rocha-Lima, and J. S. Wan (2021), Contribution of the world’s main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 8169-93. Link to paper. Link to DustCOMM data set of each source region’s contribution to the global dust cycle.
Kok, J. F., A. A. Adebiyi, S. Albani, Y. Balkanski, R. Checa-Garcia, M. Chin, P. R. Colarco, D. S. Hamilton, Y. Huang, A. Ito, M. Klose, D. M. Leung, L. Li, N. M. Mahowald, R. L. Miller, V. Obiso, C. Pérez García-Pando, A. Rocha-Lima, J. S. Wan, and C. A. Whicker (2021), Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 8127-67. Link to paper. Link to DustCOMM data set of the global dust cycle, resolved by season and particle size.
Adebiyi, A. A., and J. F. Kok (2020), Climate models miss most of the coarse dust in the atmosphere, Science Advances, 6, eaaz9507. Link (open access). Link to DustCOMM data set of globally averaged dust properties.
Huang, Y., J. F. Kok, K. Kandler, H. Lindqvist, T. Nousiainen, T. Sakai, A. A. Adebiyi, and O. Jokinen (2020), Climate models and remote sensing retrievals underestimate desert dust asphericity, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086592. PDF.
Comola, F., J. F. Kok, M. Chamecki, and R. L. Martin (2019), The intermittency of wind-driven sand transport and dust emission, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 13,430-13,440, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085739. PDF.
Kok, J. F., D. S. Ward, N. M. Mahowald, and A. T. Evan (2018), Global and regional importance of the direct dust-climate feedback, Nature Communications, 9, 241. Link (open access).
Kok, J. F., D. A. Ridley, Q. Zhou, R. L. Miller, C. Zhao, C. L. Heald, D. S. Ward, S. Albani, and K. Haustein (2017), Smaller desert dust cooling effect estimated from analysis of dust size and abundance, Nature Geoscience, 10, 274-8. . PDF. Supplement. Commentary. Link to DustCOMM data set of size-resolved extinction efficiency.
Kok, J. F., E. J. R. Parteli, T. I. Michaels, and D. Bou Karam (2012), The physics of wind-blown sand and dust, Reports on Progress in Physics, 75, 106901 (72 pp). PDF.
Kok, J. F. (2011), A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols suggests climate models underestimate the size of the global dust cycle, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 108(3), 1016-21. PDF.
All publications (postdocs, (visiting) graduate students, undergraduate students):
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94. Chamecki, C. and J. F. Kok, Fundamental Causes of Model Inaccuracies in Predicting Wind‐Blown Sand Fluxes, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103490. Link (open access).
93. Zheng, J., Z. Zhang, H. Yu, A. Garnier, Q. Song, C. Wang, C. Di Biagio, J. F. Kok, Y. Derimian, and C. Ryder: Thermal infrared dust optical depth and coarse-mode effective diameter retrieved from collocated MODIS and CALIOP observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 8271-8304, 2023. Link (open access).
92. Leung, D. M., J. F. Kok, L. Li, G. S. Okin, C. Prigent, M. Klose, C. Pérez García-Pando, L. Menut, N. M. Mahowald, D. M. Lawrence, and M. Chamecki, A new process-based and scale-respecting desert dust emission scheme for global climate models – Part I: description and evaluation against inverse modeling emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 6487–6523, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6487-2023, 2023. Link.
91. Adebiyi, A. A., Y. Huang, B. H. Samset, and J. F. Kok (2023), Observations suggest that North African dust absorbs less solar radiation than models estimate, Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 168. Link (open access).
90. Rodakoviski, R., J. F. Kok, and M. Chamecki, Dust settling from turbulent layers in the free troposphere: implications for the Saharan Air Layer, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD037724. PDF.
89. Huang, Y., J. F. Kok, M. Saito, and O. Muñoz (2023), Single-scattering properties of ellipsoidal dust aerosols constrained by measured dust shape distributions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 2557-77. Link.
88. MacKenzie S.M., K.D. Runyon, X. Yu, J. F. Kok, C. Newman, R.D. Lorenz, and F. Comola (2023), Sediment-Moving Winds and Abrasion on Titan: Implications for Yardangs, Icarus, 394, 115433. Link.
87. Kok, J. F., T. Storelvmo, V. A. Karydis, A. A. Adebiyi, N. M. Mahowald, A. T. Evan, C. He, and D. M. Leung (2023), Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4, 71-86, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00379-5. Link (behind a paywall – feel free to me email for pdf). Supplement.
86. Adebiyi,. A. A., J. F. Kok, B. J. Murray, C. L. Ryder, J.-B. W. Stuut, R. A. Kahn, P. Knippertz, P. Formenti, N. M. Mahowald, C. Perez Garcia-Pando, M. Klose, A. Ansmann, B. H. Samset, A. Ito, Y. Balkanski, C. Di Biagio, M. N. Romanias, Y. Huang, and J. Meng (2023), A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system, Aeolian Research, 60, 100849. Published_article. Supplement.
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85. Li L., N. Mahowald, J. F. Kok, X. Liu, M. Wu, D. Leung, D. Hamilton, L. Emmons, Y. Huang, J. Meng, N. Sexton, and J. Wan (2022), Importance of different parameterization changes for the updated dust cycle modelling in the Community Atmosphere Model (version 6.1), Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 8181–8219, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8181-2022. Link (open access).
84. Yizhaq, Y., J. F. Kok, S. Silvestro, L. Saban, and I. Katra, Numerical simulations of large martian impact ripples (2022), Geosciences, 12, 422. Link (open access).
83. Song Q., Z. Zhang, H. Yu, J. F. Kok, C. Di Biagio, S. Albani, J. Zheng, and J. Ding (2022), Size-Resolved Dust Direct Radiative Effect Efficiency Derived from Satellite Observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 13115–13135, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13115-2022. Link (open access).
82. Meng, J., Y. Huang, Y., D. M. Leung, L. Li, A. A. Adebiyi, C. L. Ryder, N. M. Mahowald, and J. F. Kok (2022). Improved parameterization for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols reduces model underestimation of super coarse dust. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097287. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097287. Link (open access).
81. Comola, F., J. F. Kok, J. M. Lora, K. Cohanim, X. Yu, C. He, P. McGuiggan, S. M. Horst, and F. Turney, Titan’s Prevailing Circulation Might Drive Highly Intermittent, Yet Significant Sediment Transport, Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL097913. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097913. PDF.
80. Gkikas, A., E. Proestakis, V. Amiridis, S. Kazadzis, E. Di Tomaso, E. Marinou, N. Hatzianastassiou, J. F. Kok, and C. Pérez García-Pando (2022), Quantification of the dust optical depth across spatiotemporal scales with the MIDAS global dataset (2003-2017), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 3553–3578, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3553-2022. Link (open access).
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79. Ito, A., Adebiyi, A. A., Huang, Y., and Kok, J. F. (2021), Less atmospheric radiative heating due to aspherical dust with coarser size, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 16869–16891, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16869-2021. Link (open access).
78. Klose, M., O. Jorba, M. Gonçalves Ageitos, J. Escribano, M. L. Dawson, V. Obiso, E. Di Tomaso, S. Basart, G. M. Pinto, F. Macchia, P. Ginoux, J. Guerschman, C. Prigent, Y. Huang, J. F. Kok, R. L. Miller, and C. Pérez García-Pando (2021), Mineral dust cycle in the Multiscale Online Nonhydrostatic AtmospheRe CHemistry model (MONARCH) Version 2.0, Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 6403–6444, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6403-2021. Link (open access).
77. Heisel, M., B. Chen, J. F. Kok, and M. Chamecki (2021), Gentle topography increases vertical transport of coarse dust by orders of magnitude, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD034564. PDF.
76. Kok, J. F., A. A. Adebiyi, S. Albani, Y. Balkanski, R. Checa-Garcia, M. Chin, P. R. Colarco, D. S. Hamilton, Y. Huang, A. Ito, M. Klose, L. Li, N. M. Mahowald, R. L. Miller, V. Obiso, C. Pérez García-Pando, A. Rocha-Lima, and J. S. Wan (2021), Contribution of the world’s main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 8169-93. Link to paper. Link to DustCOMM data set of each source region’s contribution to the global dust cycle.
75. Kok, J. F., A. A. Adebiyi, S. Albani, Y. Balkanski, R. Checa-Garcia, M. Chin, P. R. Colarco, D. S. Hamilton, Y. Huang, A. Ito, M. Klose, D. M. Leung, L. Li, N. M. Mahowald, R. L. Miller, V. Obiso, C. Pérez García-Pando, A. Rocha-Lima, J. S. Wan, and C. A. Whicker (2021), Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 8127-67. Link to paper. Link to DustCOMM data set of the global dust cycle, resolved by season and particle size.
74. Tai, A. P. K., P. H. L. Ma, Y.-C. Chan, M.-K. Chow, D. A. Ridley, and J. F. Kok (2021), Impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime East Asian dust emission over 1982-2010: A modeling study, 254, 118348, Atmospheric Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118348. PDF.
73. Huang, Y., A. A. Adebiyi, P. Formenti, and J. F. Kok (2021), Linking the different diameter types of aspherical desert dust indicates that models underestimate coarse dust emission, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL092054. PDF.
72. Li, L., N. M. Mahowald, R. L. Miller, C. Pérez García-Pando, M. Klose, D. S. Hamilton, M. G. Ageitos, P. Ginoux, Y. Balkanski, R. O. Green, O. Kalashnikova, J. F. Kok, V. Obiso, D. Paynter, and D. R. Thompson (2021), Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 3973–4005. Link (open access).
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71. Hamilton, D. S., R. A. Scanza, S. D. Rathod, L. Li, T. C. Bond, J. F. Kok, H. Matsui, S. Tilmes, and N. M. Mahowald (2020), Recent (1980-to-2015) trends and variability in daily-to-interannual soluble iron deposition from dust, fire, and anthropogenic sources, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089688. PDF.
70. Sullivan, R., J. F. Kok, H. Yizhaq, and I. Katra (2020), A broad continuum of aeolian impact ripple morphologies on mars is enabled by low wind dynamic pressures, Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 125, e2020JE006485, doi: 10.1029/2020JE006485. PDF.
69. Swet, N., J. F. Kok, Y. Huang, H. Yizhaq, and I. Katra, Low dust generation potential from active sand grains by wind abrasion, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 125, e2020JF005545. PDF.
68. Burr, D. M., S. L. F. Sutton, J. P. Emery, E. V. Nield, J. F. Kok, J. K. Smith, and N. T. Bridges, A wind tunnel study of the effect of intermediate density ratio on saltation threshold, Aeolian Research, 45, 100601. PDF.
67. Adebiyi, A. A., and J. F. Kok (2020), Climate models miss most of the coarse dust in the atmosphere, Science Advances, 6, eaaz9507. Link (open access). Link to DustCOMM data set of globally averaged dust properties.
66. Huang, Y., J. F. Kok, K. Kandler, H. Lindqvist, T. Nousiainen, T. Sakai, A. A. Adebiyi, and O. Jokinen (2020), Climate models and remote sensing retrievals underestimate desert dust asphericity, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086592. PDF.
65. Adebiyi, A. A., J. F. Kok, Y. Wang, A. Ito, D. A. Ridley, P. Nabat, and C. Zhao (2020), Dust Constraints from joint Observational-Modeling Experimental Analysis – DustCOMM, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 829-863. Link (open access). Link to DustCOMM data set of 3D dust size distribution and 2D mass extinction efficiency.
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64. Comola, F., J. F. Kok, M. Chamecki, and R. L. Martin (2019), The intermittency of wind-driven sand transport and dust emission, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 13,430-13,440, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085739. PDF.
63. Sherman, D. J., P. Zhang, R. L. Martin, J. T. Ellis, J. F. Kok, E. J. Farrell, and B. Li (2019), Aeolian ripple migration and associated creep transport rates, Geosciences, 9, 389. PDF.
62. Hamilton, D., R. Scanza, Y. Feng, J. Guinness, J. F. Kok, L. Li, X. Liu, S. Rathod, J. Wan, M. Wu, and N. M. Mahowald (2019), Improved methodologies for Earth system modelling of atmospheric soluble iron and observation comparisons using the Mechanism of Intermediate complexity for Modelling Iron (MIMI), Geoscientific Model Development, 12, 3835–3862, 2019. Link (open access).
61. Martin, R. L., and J. F. Kok (2019), Size-independent susceptibility to transport in aeolian saltation, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 124, 1658-74. PDF.
60. Comola, F., J. Gaume, J. F. Kok, and M. Lehning (2019), Cohesion-induced enhancement of aeolian saltation, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 5566–5574. PDF.
59. Ito A., …, J. F. Kok, … (2019), Pyrogenic iron: The missing link to high iron solubility in aerosols, Science Advances, 5, eaau7671. Link (open access).
58. Huang Y., J. F. Kok, R. L. Martin, N. Swet, I. Katra, T. E. Gill, R. L. Reynolds, and L. S. Freire (2019), Fine dust emissions from active sands at coastal Oceano Dunes, California, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 2947-64. Link (open access).
57. Siminovich, A., T. Elperin, I. Katra, J. F. Kok, R. Sullivan, S. Silvestro, and H. Yizhaq (2019), Numerical study of shear stress distribution over sand ripples under terrestrial and Martian conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 124, 175-185. PDF.
56. Yizhaq, H., G. Bel, S. Silvestro, T. Elperin, J. F. Kok, M. Cardinale, A. Provenzale, and I. Katra (2019), 512, 59-79. PDF.
55. Swet, N. T. Elperin, J. F. Kok, R. L. Martin, H. Yizhaq, I. Katra (2019), Can active sands generate dust particles by wind-induced processes?, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 506, 371-380. PDF.
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54. Myriokefalitakis, S., …, J. F. Kok, … (2018), The GESAMP atmospheric iron deposition model intercomparison study, Biogeosciences, 15, 6659-6684. Link (open access)
53. Rodriguez, S., S. Le Mouélic, J. W. Barnes, J. F. Kok, S. C. R. Rafkin, R. D. Lorenz, B. Charnay, J. Radebaugh, and 22 co-authors (2018), Observational evidence for active dust storms on Titan at Equinox, Nature Geoscience, 11, 727-32. Link.
52. Martin, R. L., and J. F. Kok, Distinct thresholds for the initiation and cessation of aeolian saltation from field measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 123, 1546-65. PDF.
51. J. A. Gillies, V. Etyemezian, G. Nikolich, W.G. Nickling, and J. F. Kok (2018), Changes in the saltation flux following a step change in macro-roughness, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 43, 1871-84. PDF.
50. Kok, J. F., D. S. Ward, N. M. Mahowald, and A. T. Evan (2018), Global and regional importance of the direct dust-climate feedback, Nature Communications, 9, 241. Link (open access).
49. Martin, R. L., J. F. Kok, C. H. Hugenholtz, T. E. Barchyn, M. Chamecki, and J. T. Ellis (2018), High-frequency measurements of aeolian saltation flux: Field-based methodology and applications, Aeolian Research, 30, 97-114. PDF.
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48. Sullivan, R., and J. F. Kok (2017), Aeolian saltation on Mars at low wind speeds, Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 122, 2111–2143, doi:10.1002/2017JE005275. PDF.
47. Martin, R. L., and J. F. Kok (2017), Wind-invariant saltation heights imply linear scaling of aeolian saltation flux with shear stress, Science Advances, 3, e1602569. PDF.
46. Comola, F., J. F. Kok, J. Gaume, E. Paterna, and M. Lehning (2017), Fragmentation of wind-blown snow crystals, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 4195-4203, doi:10.1002/2017GL073039. PDF.
45. Ito, A. and J. F. Kok (2017), Dust emissions from sparsely vegetated areas: Seasonality in iron supply to the Southern Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 122, 3987-4002. PDF.
44. Kok, J. F., D. A. Ridley, Q. Zhou, R. L. Miller, C. Zhao, C. L. Heald, D. S. Ward, S. Albani, and K. Haustein (2017), Smaller desert dust cooling effect estimated from analysis of dust size and abundance, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo2912. PDF. Supplement. Commentary. Link to DustCOMM data set of size-resolved extinction efficiency.
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43. Ridley, D. A., C. L. Heald, J. F. Kok, and C. Zhao (2016), An Observationally-Constrained estimate of Global Dust AOD, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 15,097-117. Link.
42. Neakrase, L. D. V., M. R. Balme, F. Esposito, T. Kelling, M. Klose, J. F. Kok, B. Marticorena, J. Merrison, M. Patel, and G. Wurm (2016), Particle lifting processes in dust devils, Space Science Reviews, 203, 347-76. PDF.
41. Schmerler, E., I. Katra, J. F. Kok, H. Tsoar, and H. Yizhaq (2016), Experimental and numerical study of Sharp’s shadow zone hypothesis on sand ripple wavelength, Aeolian Research, 22, 37-46. PDF.
40. Újvári, G., J. F. Kok, G. Varga, and J. Kovács (2016), The physics of wind-blown loess: Implications for grain size proxy interpretations in Quaternary paleoclimate studies, Earth Science Reviews, 154, 247-78. PDF.
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39. Zhang, Y. N. Mahowald, R. A. Scanza, E. Journet, K. Desboeufs, S. Albani, J. F. Kok, G. Zhuang, Y. Chen, D. D. Cohen, A. Paytan, M. D. Patey, E. P. Achterberg, J. P. Engelbrecht, and K. W. Fomba (2015), Modeling the Global Emission, Transport and Deposition of Trace Elements associated with Mineral Dust, Biogeosciences, 12, 5771-92. Link.
38. Shao, Y., W. Nickling, G. Bergametti, H. Butler, A. Chappell, P. Findlater, J. Gillies, M. Ishizuka, M. Klose, J. F. Kok, J. Leys, H. Lu, B. Marticorena, G. McTainsh, C. McKenna-Neuman, G. Okin, C. Strong, and N. Webb (2015), A Tribute to Michael R. Raupach for Contributions to Aeolian Fluid Dynamics, Aeolian Research, 19, 37-54. PDF.
37. Pähtz, T, O. Duran, T.-D. Ho, A. Valance, and J. F. Kok (2015), The fluctuation energy balance in non-suspended fluid-mediated particle transport, Physics of Fluids, 27, 013303. PDF.
36. Scanza, R. A., N. Mahowald, S. Ghan, C. S. Zender, J. F. Kok, X. Liu, Y. Zhang, and S. Albani (2015), Modeling dust as component minerals in the Community Atmosphere Model: development of framework and impact on radiative forcing, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 537-61. Link.
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35. Kok, J. F., S. Albani, N. M. Mahowald, and D. S. Ward (2014), An improved dust emission model -Part 2: Evaluation in the Community Earth System Model, with implications for the use of dust source functions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 13,043-61. Link.
34. Kok, J. F., N. M. Mahowald, G. Fratini, J. A. Gillies, M. Ishizuka, J. Leys, M. Mikami, M.-S. Park, S.-U. Park, R. S. Van Pelt, and T. M. Zobeck (2014), An improved dust emission model – Part 1: Model description and comparison against measurements, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 13,023-41. Link.
33. Barchyn, T. E., R. L. Martin, J. F. Kok, and C. H. Hugenholtz (2014), Fundamental mismatches between measurements and models in aeolian sediment transport prediction: The role of small-scale variability, Aeolian Research, 15, 245-51, DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.07.002. PDF.
32. Albani, S., N. M. Mahowald, A. T. Perry, R. A. Scanza, C. S. Zender, N. G. Heavens, V. Maggi, J. F. Kok, and B. L. Otto-Bliesner (2014), Improved dust representation in the Community Atmosphere Model, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 6, 541-570, DOI: 10.1002/2013MS000279. PDF.
31. Mahowald, N. M., S. Albani, J. F. Kok, S. Engelstader, R. Scanza, D. S. Ward, and M. Flanner (2014), The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system, Aeolian Research, 15, 53-71, DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.09.002. PDF.
30. Pähtz, T, E. J. R. Parteli, J. F. Kok, and H. J. Herrmann (2014), Analytical model for flux saturation in sediment transport, Physical Review E, 89, 052213. PDF.
29. Katra, I., H. Yizhaq, and J. F. Kok (2014), Mechanisms limiting the growth of aeolian megaripples, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 858-65. PDF.
28. H. Yizhaq, J. F. Kok, and I. Katra (2014), Basaltic sand ripples at Eagle crater as indirect evidence for the hysteresis effect in martian saltation, Icarus, 230, 143-50. PDF.
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27. N. O. Renno, D. Halleaux, H. Elliott, and J. F. Kok (2013), The lifting of aerosols and their effects on atmospheric dynamics, in Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets, 355 – 67, Eds. S. J. Mackwell et al., University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Link.
26. Pähtz, T, J. F. Kok, E. J. R. Parteli, and H. J. Herrmann (2013), Flux saturation length of sediment transport, Physical Review Letters, 111, 218002. PDF.
25. C. Zhao, S. Chen, L. R. Leung, Y. Qian, J. F. Kok, R. Zaveri, and J. Huang (2013), Uncertainty in modeling dust mass balance and radiative forcing from size parameterization, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 10733-53. Link.
24. Zhang, L., J. F. Kok, D. K. Henze, Q. Li, and C. Zhao (2013), Improving Simulations of Fine Dust Surface Concentrations over the Western United States by Optimizing the Particle Size Distribution, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 3270-5. PDF.
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23. Nabat, P., F. Solmon, M. Mallet, J. F. Kok, and S. Somot (2012), Dust emission size distribution impact on aerosol budget and radiative forcing over the Mediterranean region: a regional climate model approach, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 10545-67. Link.
22. Kok, J. F., E. J. R. Parteli, T. I. Michaels, and D. Bou Karam (2012), The physics of wind-blown sand and dust, Reports on Progress in Physics, 75, 106901 (72 pp). PDF.
21. Pähtz, T, J. F. Kok, and H. J. Herrmann (2012), The apparent roughness of a sand surface blown by wind from an analytical model of saltation, New Journal of Physics, 14, 043035. PDF.
20. Yizhaq, H., I. Katra, J. F. Kok, and O. Isenberg (2012), Transverse instability of megaripples, Geology, 40, 459-62. PDF.
19. Kok, J. (2012), Planetary science: Martian sand blowing in the wind, Nature, 485, 312-3. PDF.
18. Ito, A., J. F. Kok, Y. Feng, and J. E. Penner (2012), Does a theoretical estimation of the dust size distribution at emission suggest more bioavailable iron deposition?, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L05807. PDF.
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17. Kok, J. F. (2011), Does the size distribution of mineral dust aerosols depend on the wind speed at emission?, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 10149-56. Link.
16. Kok, J. F. (2011), A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols suggests climate models underestimate the size of the global dust cycle, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 108(3), 1016-021. PDF.
15. Isenberg, O., H. Yizhaq, H. Tsoar, R. Wenkart, A. Karnieli, J. F. Kok, and I. Katra (2011), Megaripple flattening due to strong winds, Geomorphology, 131, 69-84. PDF.
14. M. Mehta, N. O. Renno, J. Marshall, M. R. Grover, A. Sengupta, N. A. Rusche, J. F. Kok, R. E. Arvidson, W. J. Markiewicz, M. Lemmon, and P. H. Smith (2011), Explosive erosion during the Phoenix landing exposes subsurface water on Mars, Icarus, 211, 172-194. PDF.
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13. Kok, J. F. (2010), An improved parameterization of wind-blown sand flux on Mars that includes the effect of hysteresis, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L12202. PDF.
12. Kok, J. F. (2010), Difference in wind speeds required for initiation versus continuation of sand transport on Mars: Implications for dunes and dust storms, Physical Review Letters, 104, 074502. PDF.
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11. N. O. Renno, …, J. F. Kok, … (2009), Possible physical and thermodynamical evidence for liquid water at the Phoenix landing site, Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 114, E00E03. PDF.
10. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2009), A comprehensive numerical model of steady-state saltation (COMSALT), Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 114, D17204. PDF.
9. Ruf, C., N. O. Renno, J. F. Kok, E. Bandelier, M. J. Sanders, S. Gross, L. Skjerve, B. Cantor (2009), The emission of non-thermal radiation by a Martian dust storm, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L13202. (This paper was selected by the editors as an American Geophysical Union Journal Highlight.) PDF.
8. Kok, J. F., and D. J. Lacks (2009), Electrification of granular systems of identical insulators, Physical Review E, 79, 051304. PDF.
7. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2009), Electrification of wind-blown sand on Mars and its implications for atmospheric chemistry, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L05202. PDF.
6. Rasmussen, K. R., J. F. Kok, and J. P. Merrison (2009), Enhancement in wind driven sand transport by electric fields, Planetary and Space Science, 57, 804-808. PDF.
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5. Renno, N. O., and J. F. Kok (2008), Electrical activity and dust lifting on Earth, Mars, and beyond, Space Science Reviews, 137(1-4), 419-434. PDF.
4. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2008), Electrostatics in wind-blown sand, Physical Review Letters, 100, 014501. (This paper was the subject of a “News & Views” article in Nature, 451, 773-4, 2008) PDF.
3. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2008), The effects of electric forces on dust lifting: Preliminary studies with a numerical model, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 142, 012047.
2. Renno, N. O., J. F. Kok, H. Kirkham, and S. Rogacki (2008), A miniature sensor for electrical field measurements in dusty planetary atmospheres, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 142, 012075. PDF.
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1. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2006), Enhancement of the emission of mineral dust aerosols by electric forces, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L19S10. (This paper was selected by the editors as an American Geophysical Union Journal Highlight) PDF.
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