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Development and evolution of an anomalous Asian dust event across Europe in March 2020
Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum,
University of Bologna, Via Francesco Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Erika Brattich
Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi”, Alma Mater
Studiorum, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Claudio Cassardo
Department of Physics “Amedeo Avogadro”, University of Turin, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
Pietro Morozzi
Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum,
University of Bologna, Via Francesco Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Alessandro Bracci
Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi”, Alma Mater
Studiorum, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Angela Marinoni
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Silvana Di Sabatino
Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi”, Alma Mater
Studiorum, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Federico Porcù
Department of Physics and Astronomy “Augusto Righi”, Alma Mater
Studiorum, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Alessandro Zappi
Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum,
University of Bologna, Via Francesco Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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We present a thorough investigation of an anomalous transport of mineral dust over a region renowned for excess airborne particulate matter, the Italian Po Valley, which occurred in late March 2021. Both the origin of this dust outbreak, which was localized in central Asia (i.e., the so-called Aralkum Desert), and the upstream synoptic conditions, investigated here in extreme detail using multiple integrated observations including in situ measurements and remote sensing, were atypical.
We present a thorough investigation of an anomalous transport of mineral dust over a region...
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