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Research article
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05 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 05 Nov 2020
| 05 Nov 2020
Models transport Saharan dust too low in the atmosphere: a comparison of the MetUM and CAMS forecasts with observations
Debbie O'Sullivan
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Franco Marenco
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Claire L. Ryder
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
Yaswant Pradhan
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Zak Kipling
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Ben Johnson
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Angela Benedetti
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Melissa Brooks
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Matthew McGill
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
John Yorks
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Patrick Selmer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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Short summary
Mineral dust is an important component of the climate system, and we assess how well it is predicted by two operational models. We flew an aircraft in the dust layers in the eastern Atlantic, and we also make use of satellites. We show that models predict the dust layer too low and that it predicts the particles to be too small. We believe that these discrepancies may be overcome if models can be constrained with operational observations of dust vertical and size-resolved distribution.
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