Inventory of African desert dust events in the north-central Iberian
Peninsula in 2003–2014 based on sun-photometer–AERONET and particulate-mass–EMEP data

Cachorro, Victoria E.; Burgos, Maria A.; Mateos, David; Toledano, Carlos; Bennouna, Yasmine; Torres, Benjamín; de Frutos, Ángel M.; Herguedas, Álvaro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8227-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8227-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8227-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

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08 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 08 Jul 2016

Inventory of African desert dust events in the north-central Iberian Peninsula in 2003–2014 based on sun-photometer–AERONET and particulate-mass–EMEP data

Victoria E. Cachorro, Maria A. Burgos, David Mateos, Carlos Toledano, Yasmine Bennouna, Benjamín Torres, Ángel M. de Frutos, and Álvaro Herguedas

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RC1: 'Comment on 'INVENTORY OF AFRICAN DESERT DUST EVENTS...' by V. E. Cachorro et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', Victoria Cachorro, 20 May 2016
RC2: 'CachorroPaperRefereeComment', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', Victoria Cachorro, 20 May 2016

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (24 May 2016) by William Lahoz (deceased)

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Jun 2016) by William Lahoz (deceased)

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This study presents the first desert dust (DD) long-term inventory simultaneously using columnar aerosol optical depth (AOD) and the Ångström exponent and surface particulate-matter (PM) concentrations. The DD contribution to the aerosol load is evaluated in the period 2003–2014 for columnar and surface data, analysing the correlation between DD contributions to AOD and PM₁₀. Saharan mineral dust can explain up to 30 % of the total aerosol load decrease observed in the study area.