Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4967-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4967-2016
Research article
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21 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 21 Apr 2016

Forecasting the northern African dust outbreak towards Europe in April 2011: a model intercomparison

N. Huneeus, S. Basart, S. Fiedler, J.-J. Morcrette, A. Benedetti, J. Mulcahy, E. Terradellas, C. Pérez García-Pando, G. Pejanovic, S. Nickovic, P. Arsenovic, M. Schulz, E. Cuevas, J. M. Baldasano, J. Pey, S. Remy, and B. Cvetkovic

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Five dust models are evaluated regarding their performance in predicting an intense Saharan dust outbreak affecting western and northern Europe (NE). Models predict the onset and evolution of the event for all analysed lead times. On average, differences among the models are larger than differences in lead times for each model. The models tend to underestimate the long-range transport towards NE. This is partly due to difficulties in simulating the vertical dust distribution and horizontal wind.
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