The radiative impact of biomass burning aerosols  on dust emissions over Namibia and the  long-range transport of smoke observed  during the Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds  in southern Africa (AEROCLO-sA) campaign

Flamant, Cyrille; Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre; Gaetani, Marco; Schepanski, Kerstin; Formenti, Paola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-4265-2024

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10 Apr 2024

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The radiative impact of biomass burning aerosols on dust emissions over Namibia and the long-range transport of smoke observed during the Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in southern Africa (AEROCLO-sA) campaign

Cyrille Flamant, Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Marco Gaetani, Kerstin Schepanski, and Paola Formenti

Data sets

AEROCLO-sA F20 Lidar LNG aerosols Cyrille Flamant https://doi.org/10.6096/AEROCLO.1774

AEROCLO-sA F20 Dropsondes T. Perrin and J.-C. Etienne https://doi.org/10.6096/AEROCLO.1777

Short summary

In the austral dry season, the atmospheric composition over southern Africa is dominated by biomass burning aerosols and terrigenous aerosols (so-called mineral dust). This study suggests that the radiative effect of biomass burning aerosols needs to be taken into account to properly forecast dust emissions in Namibia.