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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4047-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4047-2022
Research article
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28 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 28 Mar 2022

Development and evolution of an anomalous Asian dust event across Europe in March 2020

Laura Tositti, Erika Brattich, Claudio Cassardo, Pietro Morozzi, Alessandro Bracci, Angela Marinoni, Silvana Di Sabatino, Federico Porcù, and Alessandro Zappi

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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.
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