Remote sensing and modelling analysis of the extreme dust storm hitting the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean in September 2015

Solomos, Stavros; Ansmann, Albert; Mamouri, Rodanthi-Elisavet; Binietoglou, Ioannis; Patlakas, Platon; Marinou, Eleni; Amiridis, Vassilis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4063-2017

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27 Mar 2017

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| 27 Mar 2017

Remote sensing and modelling analysis of the extreme dust storm hitting the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean in September 2015

Stavros Solomos, Albert Ansmann, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri, Ioannis Binietoglou, Platon Patlakas, Eleni Marinou, and Vassilis Amiridis

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2016-1006', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #3', stavros solomos, 23 Feb 2017
RC2: 'ACP-2016-1006 reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #4, 05 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #4', stavros solomos, 23 Feb 2017
SC1: 'Comment on event sequence - simulation with ICON-ART', Philipp Gasch, 07 Feb 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to Short Comment by Philipp Gasch', stavros solomos, 23 Feb 2017

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An extreme dust storm affected Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean in September 2015. This event was produced by a combination of meteorological and land-use properties. Analysis with remote sensing observations and modeling simulations reveals (i) transport of warm moist air from the Red and Arabian seas, (ii) formation of a thermal low over Syria, (iii) convective outflows and haboob formation (i.e. propagating dust walls), and (iv) changes in land-use and dust erodibility due to war.