Fennec dust forecast intercomparison over the Sahara in June 2011

Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre; Flamant, Cyrille; Dauhut, Thibaut; Kocha, Cécile; Lafore, Jean-Philippe; Lavaysse, Chistophe; Marnas, Fabien; Mokhtari, Mohamed; Pelon, Jacques; Reinares Martínez, Irene; Schepanski, Kerstin; Tulet, Pierre

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6977-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6977-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6977-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

Research article

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07 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 07 Jun 2016

Fennec dust forecast intercomparison over the Sahara in June 2011

Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Cyrille Flamant, Thibaut Dauhut, Cécile Kocha, Jean-Philippe Lafore, Chistophe Lavaysse, Fabien Marnas, Mohamed Mokhtari, Jacques Pelon, Irene Reinares Martínez, Kerstin Schepanski, and Pierre Tulet

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, 23 May 2016
RC2: 'Interactive comment on "Fennec dust forecast intercomparison over the Sahara in June 2011" by J.-P. Chaboureau et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, 23 May 2016

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AR by Jean-Pierre Chaboureau on behalf of the Authors (23 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (25 May 2016) by Jianping Huang

AR by Jean-Pierre Chaboureau on behalf of the Authors (25 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 May 2016) by Jianping Huang

AR by Jean-Pierre Chaboureau on behalf of the Authors (25 May 2016)

Short summary

The Fennec field campaign conducted in June 2011 led to the first observational data set ever obtained that documents the Saharan atmospheric boundary layer under the influence of the heat low. In addition to the aircraft operation, four dust forecasts were run at low and high resolutions with convection-parameterizing and convection-permitting models, respectively. The unique airborne and ground-based data sets allowed the first ever intercomparison of dust forecasts over the western Sahara.