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Research article
| 
12 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 12 Jan 2021
| 12 Jan 2021
African dust particles over the western Caribbean – Part I: Impact on air quality over the Yucatán Peninsula
Carolina Ramírez-Romero
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Alejandro Jaramillo
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
María F. Córdoba
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Posgrado en Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Graciela B. Raga
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Javier Miranda
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico City, Mexico
Harry Alvarez-Ospina
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mexico City, Mexico
Daniel Rosas
Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Talib Amador
Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Jong Sung Kim
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jacqueline Yakobi-Hancock
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Darrel Baumgardner
Droplet Measurement Technologies, Colorado, USA
Luis A. Ladino
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Latest update: 20 Nov 2024
Short summary
Field measurements were conducted to confirm the arrival of African dust on the Yucatàn Peninsula. Aerosol particles were monitored at ground level by different online and off-line sensors. Several particulate matter peaks were observed with a relative increase in their levels of up to 500 % with respect to background conditions. Based on the chemical composition, back trajectories, vertical profiles, reanalysis, and satellite images, it was found that the peaks are linked to African dust.
Field measurements were conducted to confirm the arrival of African dust on the Yucatàn...
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