Publications

Diana Francis, Noor Alshamsi, Juan Cuesta, Ayse Gokcen Isik and Cihan Dundar (Solicited, 2019c) Cyclogenesis and Density Currents in the Middle East and the Associated Dust Activity in September 2015, Geosciences 2019, 9(9), 376; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090376

Francis D., C. Eayrs, J-P. Chaboureau, T. Mote, D. Holland (2019a), A meandering polar jet caused the development of a Saharan cyclone and the transport of dust toward Greenland, Adv. Sci. Res., 1, 1–8, https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-16-49-2019, 2019.

Francis D., C. Eayrs, J. Cuesta, D. Holland (2019b), Polar cyclones at the origin of the reoccurence of the Maud Rise Polynya in austral winter 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,
124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030618, 2019.

Clare Eayrs, David Holland, Diana Francis, Till Wagner, Rajesh Kumar, Xichen Li (2019) Understanding the seasonal cycle of Antarctic sea ice extent in the context of longer‐term variability, Reviews of Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018RG000631

Eayrs, C., D. Holland, D. Francis, R. Kumar, T. Wagner, and X. Li (2019), Antarctic seasonal sea ice melts faster than it grows, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO131337.

Francis D., C. Eayrs, J-P. Chaboureau, T. Mote, D. Holland (2018), "Polar jet associated circulation triggered a Saharan cyclone and derived the poleward transport of the African dust generated by the cyclone" Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. DOI:10.1029/2018JD029095, 2018.

Francis D., C. Flamant, J.-P. Chaboureau, J. Banks, J. Cuesta, H. Brindley, L. Oolman, (2017). "Dust emission and transport over Iraq associated with the summer Shamal winds," Aeolian Research, Volume 24, February 2017. Pages 15-31. ISSN 1875-9637.

Francis B.K. D., E. Williams, M. Janiga, C. Flamant, M. MacGraw-Herdeg, J. Cuesta, A. Auby, C. Thorncroft (2014), Synoptic-scale dust emissions over the Sahara desert initiated by a moist convective cold pool in early August 2006, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI: 10.1002/qj2326. 

Francis B.K. D., C. Flamant, J. Cuesta, J. Pelon, E. Williams (2010), Dust emission and transport associated with a Saharan depression: The February 2007 case, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JD012390. 

Francis B.K. D., C. Flamant, P. Tulet, M. C. Todd, J. Pelon and E. Williams (2009a), Dry cyclogenesis and dust mobilization in the Inter Tropical Discontinuity of the West African Monsoon: a case study, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D05115, doi:10.1029/2008JD010952.

Francis B.K. D., C. Flamant, P. Tulet, J-P. Chaboureau, A. Dabas, M. C. Todd (2009b), Estimate of Sahelian dust emissions in the Intertropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D13106, doi:10.1029/2008JD011444.

Francis B.K. D., C. Flamant, P. Knippertz, O. Reitebuch, J. Pelon, M. Chong, A. Dabas (2008), Dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African Monsoon inter-tropical discontinuity region: a representative case study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 134: 621–634.

Francis B.K. D., C. Flamant, P. Knippertz, O. Reitebuch, M. Chong, A. Dabas, J. Pelon (2008), A newly identified mechanism for dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African Monsoon inter-tropical discontinuity, 24th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), 23-27 June 2008, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Pospichal B., D. B.K. Francis, S. Crewell, C. Flamant A. Hünerbein, O. Bock, F. Saïd (2009), Diurnal cycle of the inter-tropical discontinuity over West Africa analysed by remote sensing and mesoscale modelling,Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. DOI: 10.1002/qj. 435.

Todd M.C., D. B.K. Francis, C. Cavazos, C. Bouet, B. Heinold, G. Cautenet, P. Tulet, C. Perez, I. Tegen, and R. Washington (2008), Quantifying uncertainty in estimates of mineral dust flux: an inter-comparison of model performance over the Bodélé Depression, Northern Chad, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24107, 2008, doi:10.1029/2008JD010476. 

Schwendike J., D. B.K. Francis, S. Crumeyrolle, C. Flamant, S. Jones, M. Schmidberger, F. Solmon, T. Stanelle, P. Tulet, H. Vogel, B.Vogel (2010), Mineral dust transport over West Africa in 2006, AMS 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Proceedings, P1. 101, May 2010.

Schmidt H., K. Alterskjær, D. B.K. Francis, O. Boucher, A. Jones, J. E. Kristjánsson, U. Niemeier, M. Schulz, A. Aaheim, F. Benduhn, M. Lawrence and C. Timmreck (2012), Solar irradiance reduction to counteract radiative forcing from a quadrupling of CO2: climate responses simulated by four earth system models, Earth Sys. Dyn. doi:10.5194/esd-3-63-2012.

Schmidt H., K. Alterskjær, D. B.K. Francis, O. Boucher, A. Jones, J. E. Kristjánsson, U. Niemeier, M. Schulz, A. Aaheim, F. Benduhn, M. Lawrence and C. Timmreck (2012), Solar irradiance reduction to counteract radiative forcing from a quadrupling of CO2: climate responses simulated by four earth system models, Earth Sys. Dyn. doi:10.5194/esdd-3-63-2012.

Kok J., E.J.R. Parteli, T.I. Michaels and D. B.K. Francis (2012, Solicited), The physics of wind-blown sand and dust, Rep. Prog. Phys. doi:10.1088/0034-4885/75/10/106901.

Pelon, J., M. Mallet, A. Mariscal, P. Goloub, D. Tanré, D. B.K. Francis, C. Flamant, J. Haywood, B. Pospichal, S. Victori, (2008), Characterisation of biomass burning aerosol from microlidar observations at Djougou (Benin) during AMMA-SOP0/DABEX,J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00C18, doi:10.1029/2008JD009976.

Schaap M., Cuvelier C., Hendriks C., Bessagnet B., Baldasano J., Colette A., Thunis P., Francis B.K. D., et al., (2015) Performance of European chemistry transport models as function of horizontal resolution, Atmospheric Environment 112 90-105 DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.003., 2015.

Tilmes S., J. Fasullo, J.-F.Lamarque, D. Marsh, M. Mills, K. Alterskjær, O. Boucher, J. N. S. Cole, C. Curry, J. Haywood, P. Irvine, D. Ji, A. Jones, D. B.K. Francis et al. 2013: The Hydrological Impact of Geoengineering in the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, VOL. 118, 1–13, doi:10.1029, 2013.