Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactionsReview ArticleVolume 182, 15 December 2016, Pages 346-376Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky, Christopher J. Kampf, Bettina Weber, J. Alex Huffman, Christopher Pöhlker, Meinrat O. Andreae, Naama Lang-Yona, Susannah M. Burrows, Sachin S. Gunthe, Wolfgang Elbert, Hang Su, Peter Hoor, Eckhard Thines, Thorsten Hoffmann, Viviane R. Després, Ulrich PöschlAbstractClose research highlightsPDF (5590 K)Highlights•Aerosols of biological origin play a vital role in the Earth system.•Bioaerosols are essential for biological reproduction and can cause diseases.•Bioparticles can serve as nuclei for cloud droplets, ice crystals, and precipitation.•Interaction and co-evolution of life and climate in the Earth system•Overview of the state of bioaerosol research and recent advancesOpen AccessOpen Access ArticleA quantitative comparison of precipitation forecasts between the storm-scale numerical weather prediction model and auto-nowcast system in Jiangsu, China
Aerosols of biological origin play a vital role in the Earth system, particularly in the interactions between atmosphere, biosphere, climate, and public health. Airborne bacteria, fungal spores, pollen, and other bioparticles are essential for the reproduction and spread of organisms across various ecosystems, and they can cause or enhance human, animal, and plant diseases. Moreover, they can serve as nuclei for cloud droplets, ice crystals, and precipitation, thus influencing the hydrological cycle and climate. The sources, abundance, composition, and effects of biological aerosols and the atmospheric microbiome are, however, not yet well characterized and constitute a large gap in the scientific understanding of the interaction and co-evolution of life and climate in the Earth system. This review presents an overview of the state of bioaerosol research, highlights recent advances, and outlines future perspectives in terms of bioaerosol identification, characterization, transport, and transformation processes, as well as their interactions with climate, health, and ecosystems, focusing on the role bioaerosols play in the Earth system.
Multiphase Chemistry and Biogeochemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany; Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
d Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
e Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India
f Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
g Institute of Microbiology and Wine Research, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
h Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Janine Frö,hlich-Nowoiskya,,等. Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactionsReview ArticleVolume 182, 15 December 2016, Pages 346-376Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky, Christopher J. Kampf, Bettina Weber, J. Alex Huffman, Christopher Pöhlker, Meinrat O. Andreae, Naama Lang-Yona, Susannah M. Burrows, Sachin S. Gunthe, Wolfgang Elbert, Hang Su, Peter Hoor, Eckhard Thines, Thorsten Hoffmann, Viviane R. Després, Ulrich PöschlAbstractClose research highlightsPDF (5590 K)Highlights•Aerosols of biological origin play a vital role in the Earth system.•Bioaerosols are essential for biological reproduction and can cause diseases.•Bioparticles can serve as nuclei for cloud droplets, ice crystals, and precipitation.•Interaction and co-evolution of life and climate in the Earth system•Overview of the state of bioaerosol research and recent advancesOpen AccessOpen Access ArticleA quantitative comparison of precipitation forecasts between the storm-scale numerical weather prediction model and auto-nowcast system in Jiangsu, China[J]. Atmospheric Research,2016-01-01,Volume 181