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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12313-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12313-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12313-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 20

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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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RC1: 'Review to Gutleben et al., 2020', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2020
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Short summary

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.