Articles | Volume 19, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6893-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6893-2019
Research article
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23 May 2019
Research article |  | 23 May 2019

The sensitivity of the colour of dust in MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared composite imagery to surface and atmospheric conditions

Jamie R. Banks, Anja Hünerbein, Bernd Heinold, Helen E. Brindley, Hartwig Deneke, and Kerstin Schepanski

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AR by Jamie Banks on behalf of the Authors (15 Mar 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Apr 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 May 2019) by Nikos Hatzianastassiou
AR by Jamie Banks on behalf of the Authors (07 May 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (09 May 2019) by Nikos Hatzianastassiou
AR by Jamie Banks on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2019)  Manuscript 
Short summary
Saharan dust storms may be observed over the desert using false-colour infrared satellite imagery; in one widely used scheme dust displays characteristic pink colours. Simulating satellite imagery using a dust transport model, we confirm that water vapour is a major control on the apparent colour of dust in the false-colour imagery and that dust displays its deepest colours when it is at a high altitude and when the atmosphere is dry. Water vapour can obscure the presence of low-altitude dust.
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