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Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2443-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-2443-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
Research article
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27 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 27 Feb 2024

Investigation of observed dust trends over the Middle East region in NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) model simulations

Adriana Rocha-Lima, Peter R. Colarco, Anton S. Darmenov, Edward P. Nowottnick, Arlindo M. da Silva, and Luke D. Oman

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Observations show an increasing aerosol optical depth trend in the Middle East between 2003–2012. We evaluate the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) model's ability to capture these trends and examine the meteorological and surface parameters driving dust emissions. Our results highlight the importance of data assimilation for long-term trends of atmospheric aerosols and support the hypothesis that vegetation cover loss may have contributed to increasing dust emissions in the period.
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