Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-239-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-239-2021
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12 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 12 Jan 2021

African dust particles over the western Caribbean – Part I: Impact on air quality over the Yucatán Peninsula

Carolina Ramírez-Romero, Alejandro Jaramillo, María F. Córdoba, Graciela B. Raga, Javier Miranda, Harry Alvarez-Ospina, Daniel Rosas, Talib Amador, Jong Sung Kim, Jacqueline Yakobi-Hancock, Darrel Baumgardner, and Luis A. Ladino

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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.
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