Articles | Volume 20, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12313-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12313-2020
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29 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 29 Oct 2020

Radiative effects of long-range-transported Saharan air layers as determined from airborne lidar measurements

Manuel Gutleben, Silke Groß, Martin Wirth, and Bernhard Mayer

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HALO database German Aerospace Center https://doi.org/10.17616/R39Q0T

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Airborne lidar measurements in the vicinity of Barbados are used to investigate radiative effects of long-range-transported Saharan air layers. Derived atmospheric heating rates indicate that observed enhanced water vapor concentrations inside these layers are the main drivers for dust vertical mixing inside the layers. Additionally, they may play a major role for the suppression of subjacent convective cloud development.
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