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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17225-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17225-2018
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Coarse-mode mineral dust size distributions, composition and optical properties from AER-D aircraft measurements over the tropical eastern Atlantic
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
Franco Marenco
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Jennifer K. Brooke
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Victor Estelles
Department de Física de la Terra i Termodinàmica, Universitat de
València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Richard Cotton
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Paola Formenti
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583/Université Paris Est Créteil et Université
Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
James B. McQuaid
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2
9JT, UK
Hannah C. Price
Facility for Atmospheric Airborne Measurements, Cranfield, UK
Dantong Liu
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Patrick Ausset
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583/Université Paris Est Créteil et Université
Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
Phil D. Rosenberg
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2
9JT, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Fairbairn House, 71-75 Clarendon
Road, Leeds, LS2 9PH, UK
Jonathan W. Taylor
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Tom Choularton
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Keith Bower
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Martin Gallagher
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Jonathan Crosier
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester,
Manchester, UK
Gary Lloyd
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Eleanor J. Highwood
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
Benjamin J. Murray
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2
9JT, UK
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Every year, millions of tons of Saharan dust particles are carried across the Atlantic by the wind, where they can affect weather patterns and climate. Their sizes span orders of magnitude, but the largest (over 10 microns – around the width of a human hair) are difficult to measure and few observations exist. Here we show new aircraft observations of large dust particles, finding more than we would expect, and we quantify their properties which allow them to interact with atmospheric radiation.
Every year, millions of tons of Saharan dust particles are carried across the Atlantic by the...
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