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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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
Cyrille Flamant
LATMOS/IPSL, UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Sorbonne Universités, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris, France
Thibaut Dauhut
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
Cécile Kocha
LATMOS/IPSL, UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Sorbonne Universités, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris, France
now at: MeteoConsult, Paris, France
Jean-Philippe Lafore
CNRM, Météo-France-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Chistophe Lavaysse
LATMOS/IPSL, UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Sorbonne Universités, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris, France
now at: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 21027 Ispra Varese, Italy
Fabien Marnas
LATMOS/IPSL, UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Sorbonne Universités, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris, France
now at: Capgemini Technology Services, Toulouse, France
Mohamed Mokhtari
CNRM, Météo-France-CNRS, Toulouse, France
now at: Office National de la Météorologie, Algiers, Algeria
Jacques Pelon
LATMOS/IPSL, UPMC Univ. Paris 06 Sorbonne Universités, UVSQ, CNRS, Paris, France
Irene Reinares Martínez
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
Kerstin Schepanski
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
now at: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Pierre Tulet
LACy, Université de la Réunion, Météo-France, UMR8105, CNRS, Saint-Denis de La Réunion, France
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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.
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