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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12161-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12161-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Long-range transport of coarse mineral dust: an evaluation of the Met Office Unified Model against aircraft observations
Natalie G. Ratcliffe
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Claire L. Ryder
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Nicolas Bellouin
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Stephanie Woodward
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Anthony Jones
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Ben Johnson
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Lisa-Maria Wieland
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Maximilian Dollner
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Josef Gasteiger
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
now at: Hamtec Consulting GmbH, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Bernadett Weinzierl
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Short summary
Large mineral dust particles are more abundant in the atmosphere than expected and have different impacts on the environment than small particles, which are better represented in climate models. We use aircraft measurements to assess a climate model representation of large-dust transport. We find that the model underestimates the amount of large dust at all stages of transport and that fast removal of the large particles increases this underestimation with distance from the Sahara.
Large mineral dust particles are more abundant in the atmosphere than expected and have...
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