A 3-D evaluation of the MACC reanalysis dust product over Europe, northern Africa and Middle East using CALIOP/CALIPSO dust satellite observations

Georgoulias, Aristeidis K.; Tsikerdekis, Athanasios; Amiridis, Vassilis; Marinou, Eleni; Benedetti, Angela; Zanis, Prodromos; Alexandri, Georgia; Mona, Lucia; Kourtidis, Konstantinos A.; Lelieveld, Jos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8601-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8601-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8601-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

Research article

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19 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 19 Jun 2018

A 3-D evaluation of the MACC reanalysis dust product over Europe, northern Africa and Middle East using CALIOP/CALIPSO dust satellite observations

Aristeidis K. Georgoulias, Athanasios Tsikerdekis, Vassilis Amiridis, Eleni Marinou, Angela Benedetti, Prodromos Zanis, Georgia Alexandri, Lucia Mona, Konstantinos A. Kourtidis, and Jos Lelieveld

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RC1: 'Review - ACP-2017-1238', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Response_to_Anonymous_Referee_3', Aristeidis Georgoulias, 27 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of the paper by Georgoulias et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Response_to_Anonymous_Referee_1', Aristeidis Georgoulias, 27 May 2018

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ED: Publish as is (06 Jun 2018) by Matthias Tesche

AR by Aristeidis Georgoulias on behalf of the Authors (06 Jun 2018)

Short summary

In this work, the MACC reanalysis dust product is evaluated over Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East using the EARLINET-optimized CALIOP/CALIPSO pure dust satellite-based product LIVAS (2007–2012). As dust plays a determinant role in processes related to weather and climate, human healt, and the economy, it is obvious that adequately simulating the amount of dust and its optical properties is essential. Our results could be used as a reference in future climate model evaluations.