The impact of dust storms on the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea

Jish Prakash, P.; Stenchikov, G.; Kalenderski, S.; Osipov, S.; Bangalath, H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-199-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-199-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-199-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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12 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 12 Jan 2015

The impact of dust storms on the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea

P. Jish Prakash, G. Stenchikov, S. Kalenderski, S. Osipov, and H. Bangalath

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Final revised paper (published on 12 Jan 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 22 Jul 2014)

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RC C5951: 'Review on the “The impact of dust storms on the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea" by Prakash, et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Aug 2014
- AC C6527: 'Response', JISHPRAKASH PUTHAN PURAKKAL, 04 Sep 2014
RC C6217: 'Review: ``The impact of dust storms on the Arabian Peninsula'' submitted by Prakash et al. (2014)', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Aug 2014
- AC C6628: 'Response', JISHPRAKASH PUTHAN PURAKKAL, 06 Sep 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by JISHPRAKASH PUTHAN PURAKKAL on behalf of the Authors (02 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Oct 2014) by Craig McNeil

AR by JISHPRAKASH PUTHAN PURAKKAL on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Nov 2014) by Craig McNeil

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Nov 2014)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (26 Nov 2014) by Craig McNeil

AR by JISHPRAKASH PUTHAN PURAKKAL on behalf of the Authors (02 Dec 2014) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This study aims to quantify the effect of severe dust events on radiation fluxes and regional climate characteristics over the Arabian Peninsula. We simulated the storm that occurred from 18 to 20 March 2012 and swept over a remarkably large area affecting the entire Middle East, North-Eastern Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. We estimate that this storm generated over 94 Mt of dust and deposited approximately 1.2 Mt of dust into the Red Sea, bringing nutrients to marine ecosystems.