Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 535–560, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-535-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Special issue: Dust aerosol measurements, modeling and multidisciplinary...

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 535–560, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-535-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1

Research article 14 Jan 2022

Research article | 14 Jan 2022

Assimilating spaceborne lidar dust extinction can improve dust forecasts

Jerónimo Escribano et al.

Data sets

MYD15A2H MODIS/Aqua Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500 m SIN Grid V006 R. Myeni, Y. Knyazikhin, and T. Park https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD15A2H.006

VIIRS/SNPP Deep Blue Aerosol L2 6-Min Swath 6 km, NASA Level 1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System VIIRS Atmosphere Science Team, SSEC https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/AERDB_L2_VIIRS_SNPP.011

Model code and software

MONARCH: Multiscale Online Nonhydrostatic AtmospheRe CHemistry model Version 2.0 (v2.0.0) M. Klose, O. Jorba, M. Gonçalves Ageitos, J. Escribano, M. L. Dawson, V. Obiso, E. Di Tomaso, S. Basart, G. Montané Pinto, F. Macchia, and C. Pérez García-Pando https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5215467

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We explore the benefits and consistency in adding lidar dust observations in a dust optical depth assimilation. We show that adding lidar data to a dust optical depth assimilation has valuable benefits and the dust analysis improves. We discuss the impact of the narrow satellite footprint of the lidar dust observations on the assimilation.
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