Mediterranean intense desert dust outbreaks and their vertical
structure based on remote sensing data

Gkikas, Antonis; Basart, Sara; Hatzianastassiou, Nikos; Marinou, Eleni; Amiridis, Vassilis; Kazadzis, Stelios; Pey, Jorge; Querol, Xavier; Jorba, Oriol; Gassó, Santiago; Baldasano, José Maria

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8609-2016

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15 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jul 2016

Mediterranean intense desert dust outbreaks and their vertical structure based on remote sensing data

Antonis Gkikas, Sara Basart, Nikos Hatzianastassiou, Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Stelios Kazadzis, Jorge Pey, Xavier Querol, Oriol Jorba, Santiago Gassó, and José Maria Baldasano

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RC C9058: 'MS acp-2015-558', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Nov 2015
- AC C12812: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Antonis Gkikas, 29 Feb 2016
RC C9470: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Nov 2015
- AC C12813: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Antonis Gkikas, 29 Feb 2016
RC C9507: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Nov 2015
- AC C12814: 'Response to Reviewer 3', Antonis Gkikas, 29 Feb 2016
RC C9566: 'Review of the manuscript acpd-15-27675-2015', Anonymous Referee #4, 20 Nov 2015
- AC C12815: 'Response to Reviewer 4', Antonis Gkikas, 29 Feb 2016
EC C12876: 'Editor's recommendation based on authors' responses', François Dulac, 01 Mar 2016

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AR by Antonis Gkikas on behalf of the Authors (29 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Mar 2016) by François Dulac

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Mar 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (09 Mar 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (15 Mar 2016)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (17 Mar 2016) by François Dulac

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Apr 2016) by François Dulac

AR by Antonis Gkikas on behalf of the Authors (12 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

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This study presents the 3-D structures of intense Mediterranean desert dust outbreaks, over the period Mar 2000–Feb 2013. The desert dust (DD) episodes are identified through an objective and dynamic algorithm, which utilizes satellite retrievals (MODIS, TOMS and OMI) as inputs. The performance of the satellite algorithm is evaluated vs. AERONET and PM₁₀ data. The geometrical characteristics of the identified DD episodes are analyzed using the collocated CALIOP profiles as a complementary tool.