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Research article
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23 May 2019
Research article |
| 23 May 2019
| 23 May 2019
The sensitivity of the colour of dust in MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared composite imagery to surface and atmospheric conditions
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Anja Hünerbein
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Bernd Heinold
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Helen E. Brindley
Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, and NERC National Centre for Earth Observation, Imperial College London, London, UK
Hartwig Deneke
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Kerstin Schepanski
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
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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.
Saharan dust storms may be observed over the desert using false-colour infrared satellite...
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