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Research article
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26 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 26 Jan 2018
A detailed characterization of the Saharan dust collected during the Fennec campaign in 2011: in situ ground-based and laboratory measurements
Adriana Rocha-Lima
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamic Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
J. Vanderlei Martins
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Climate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Lorraine A. Remer
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Martin Todd
Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK
John H. Marsham
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
National Center for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, UK
Sebastian Engelstaedter
Climate Research Lab, Oxford University Center for the Environment, Oxford, UK
Claire L. Ryder
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Carolina Cavazos-Guerra
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany
Paulo Artaxo
Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Peter Colarco
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamic Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Richard Washington
Climate Research Lab, Oxford University Center for the Environment, Oxford, UK
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We present results of ground-based measurements and subsequent laboratory analysis of Sahara dust samples collected in Algeria and Mauritania during the Fennec campaign in 2011. The results show that the sampled dust has low absorption characteristics and exhibits a distinct spectral bow-like shape. We find distinctive differences in the composition and optical characteristics of the dust from the two sites, corroborating with other studies that not all Saharan dust is the same.
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