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Research article
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17 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 17 Mar 2016
The contrasting roles of water and dust in controlling daily variations in radiative heating of the summertime Saharan heat low
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Leeds,
UK
School of Earth and Environment, University
of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Douglas J. Parker
School of Earth and Environment, University
of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Martin C. Todd
Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Brighton,
UK
Jamie R. Banks
Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, The Blackett
Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
Helen E. Brindley
Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, The Blackett
Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
Luis Garcia-Carreras
School of Earth and Environment, University
of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Alexander J. Roberts
School of Earth and Environment, University
of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Claire L. Ryder
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading,
UK
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Short summary
The roles of water, clouds and airborne dust in controlling the heating of the Sahara are uncertain, which has major implications for the West African monsoon. Observations from the Fennec project, with satellite data, show that total atmospheric water content provides a far stronger control on total radiative heating than dust does, but dust provides the stronger control on surface heating. Therefore major heating errors in global models are likely due to known errors in water transport.
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