“…The differences in modeled emissions are attributed to uncertainty in dust parameterizations (e.g., particle entrainment and suspension) [ Bagnold , ], the land surface [ Kok et al , ], and representation of model meteorology, often a dominating factor [e.g., Menut , ; Heinold et al , ]. The relationship between wind speed and dust emission is highly nonlinear and usually represented as the third power of the difference between surface wind speed and a fixed threshold friction velocity [e.g., Marticorena and Bergametti , ], making it sensitive to the tail of the wind speed distribution [ Cowie et al , ]. Global models are known to underestimate the dust‐lifting power of wind [ Marsham et al , ; Knippertz and Todd , ].…”