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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5435-2023
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Understanding day–night differences in dust aerosols over the dust belt of North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
now at: Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science,
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
Qinjian Jin
Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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We use the Infrared Atmospheric Sounder Interferometer (IASI) retrievals of dust variables (dust optical depth and dust layer height) and surface observations to understand the day- and nighttime variations in dust aerosols over the dust belt. Our results show that daytime dust aerosols are significantly different from nighttime, and such day–night variations are influenced by meteorological factors such as wind speed, precipitation, and turbulent motions within the atmospheric boundary layer.
We use the Infrared Atmospheric Sounder Interferometer (IASI) retrievals of dust variables (dust...
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