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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-927-2021
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Research article
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25 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 25 Jan 2021
| 25 Jan 2021
The electrical activity of Saharan dust as perceived from surface electric field observations
Vasiliki Daskalopoulou
Section of Astrophysics and Space Physics, Department of Physics,
University of Crete, Heraklion 70013, Greece
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens 15236, Greece
Sotirios A. Mallios
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens 15236, Greece
Zbigniew Ulanowski
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
George Hloupis
Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, University of
West Attica, Egaleo Campus, Egaleo 12244, Greece
Anna Gialitaki
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens 15236, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
Ioanna Tsikoudi
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens 15236, Greece
Section of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Tassis
Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion 70013, Greece
Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and
Technology – Hellas, Heraklion 71110, Greece
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens 15236, Greece
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Short summary
This research highlights the detection of charged Saharan dust in Greece and provides indications of charge separation in the plumes through the first-ever co-located ground electric field measurements and sophisticated lidar observations. We provide a robust methodology for the extraction of a fair-weather proxy field used to assess the effect of lofted dust particles to the electric field and insert a realistic modelling aspect to the charge accumulation areas within electrically active dust.
This research highlights the detection of charged Saharan dust in Greece and provides...
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