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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12359-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12359-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Observation and modeling of the historic “Godzilla” African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern US in June 2020
Hongbin Yu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Qian Tan
Bay Area Environment Research Institute, Petaluma, CA, USA
Earth Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Lillian Zhou
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Yaping Zhou
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
JCET, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Huisheng Bian
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
JCET, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Mian Chin
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Claire L. Ryder
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
Robert C. Levy
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Yaswant Pradhan
Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Yingxi Shi
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
JCET, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Qianqian Song
JCET, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Physics Department, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Zhibo Zhang
JCET, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Physics Department, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Peter R. Colarco
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Dongchul Kim
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
GESTAR, Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
Lorraine A. Remer
JCET, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Tianle Yuan
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
JCET, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Olga Mayol-Bracero
Department of Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, USA
now at: Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York City, New York, USA
Brent N. Holben
Earth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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Latest update: 03 Oct 2023
Short summary
This study characterizes a historic African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin in June 2020 using satellites and NASA GEOS. Dust emissions in West Africa were large albeit not extreme. However, a unique synoptic system accumulated the dust near the coast for about 4 d before it was ventilated. Although GEOS reproduced satellite-observed plume tracks well, it substantially underestimated dust emissions and did not lift up dust high enough for ensuing long-range transport.
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