Impact of dust size parameterizations on aerosol burden and radiative forcing in RegCM4

Tsikerdekis, Athanasios; Zanis, Prodromos; Steiner, Allison L.; Solmon, Fabien; Amiridis, Vassilis; Marinou, Eleni; Katragkou, Eleni; Karacostas, Theodoros; Foret, Gilles

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-769-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 769–791, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-769-2017

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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 769–791, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-769-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 2

Research article

18 Jan 2017

Research article | 18 Jan 2017

Impact of dust size parameterizations on aerosol burden and radiative forcing in RegCM4

Athanasios Tsikerdekis et al.

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RC1: 'Review on the “Dust size parameterization in RegCM4: Impact on aerosol burden and radiative forcing”', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Athanasios Tsikerdekis, 30 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review on the “Dust size parameterization in RegCM4: Impact on aerosol burden and radiative forcing” manuscript.', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Nov 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3', Athanasios Tsikerdekis, 30 Nov 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Athanasios Tsikerdekis on behalf of the Authors (01 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Dec 2016) by Kostas Tsigaridis

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Dec 2016)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Dec 2016) by Kostas Tsigaridis

AR by Athanasios Tsikerdekis on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Dec 2016) by Kostas Tsigaridis

AR by Athanasios Tsikerdekis on behalf of the Authors (27 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Dust is the most abundant aerosol in the atmosphere, considerably affecting Earth's climate. We use a new dust size discretization that improves the physical representation of dust in a regional climate model. This study is among the first studies evaluating the vertical profile of simulated dust with a pure dust product. The new dust size discretization increases dust optical depth by 10 % over the desert and Mediterranean. Consequently, the dust SW and LW radiative forcing is enhanced by 10 %.