Insights into the size-resolved dust emission from field measurements in the Moroccan Sahara

González-Flórez, Cristina; Klose, Martina; Alastuey, Andrés; Dupont, Sylvain; Escribano, Jerónimo; Etyemezian, Vicken; Gonzalez-Romero, Adolfo; Huang, Yue; Kandler, Konrad; Nikolich, George; Panta, Agnesh; Querol, Xavier; Reche, Cristina; Yus-Díez, Jesús; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos

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Insights into the size-resolved dust emission from field measurements in the Moroccan Sahara

Cristina González-Flórez, Martina Klose, Andrés Alastuey, Sylvain Dupont, Jerónimo Escribano, Vicken Etyemezian, Adolfo Gonzalez-Romero, Yue Huang, Konrad Kandler, George Nikolich, Agnesh Panta, Xavier Querol, Cristina Reche, Jesús Yus-Díez, and Carlos Pérez García-Pando

Cristina González-Flórez

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

cristina.gonzalez@bsc.es

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3603-3088

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC),08034, Barcelona, Spain

Martina Klose

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-3700

Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Department of Troposphere Research (IMK-TRO), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Andrés Alastuey

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-5495

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Sylvain Dupont

INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, ISPA, Villenave d'Ornon, France

Jerónimo Escribano

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9682-7624

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Vicken Etyemezian

Particle Emissions Measurement Laboratory, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, USA

Adolfo Gonzalez-Romero

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0977-6019

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC),08034, Barcelona, Spain

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Yue Huang

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7818-8432

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York 10025, USA

Konrad Kandler

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8268-6557

Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany

George Nikolich

Particle Emissions Measurement Laboratory, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, USA

Agnesh Panta

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7953-8334

Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany

Xavier Querol

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6549-9899

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Reche

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Jesús Yus-Díez

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8124-1492

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

Grup de Meteorologia, Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès, 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

now at: Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 11c,5270 Ajdovščina, Slovenia

Carlos Pérez García-Pando

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4456-0697

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

ICREA, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, 08010, Barcelona, Spain

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Atmospheric mineral dust consists of tiny mineral particles that are emitted by wind erosion from arid regions. Its particle size distribution (PSD) affects its impact on the Earth's system. Nowadays, there is an incomplete understanding of the emitted dust PSD and a lot of debate about its variability. Here, we try to address these issues based on the measurements performed during a wind erosion and dust emission field campaign in the Moroccan Sahara within the framework of FRAGMENT project.

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