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Research article
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19 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 19 Jun 2018
| 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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering,
Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute,
Nicosia, Cyprus
current address: Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space
Application and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens,
Greece
current address: Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of
Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Athanasios Tsikerdekis
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vassilis Amiridis
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Application and Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Eleni Marinou
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Application and Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für
Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Angela Benedetti
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
Prodromos Zanis
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Georgia Alexandri
Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering,
Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Lucia Mona
Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale, Consiglio Nazionale
delle Ricerche, Potenza, Italy
Konstantinos A. Kourtidis
Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering,
Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Jos Lelieveld
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute,
Nicosia, Cyprus
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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.
In this work, the MACC reanalysis dust product is evaluated over Europe, Northern Africa and the...
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