Fine and coarse dust radiative impact during an intense Saharan dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula – short-wave direct radiative effect
María-Ángeles López-Cayuela,Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero,Michaël Sicard,Jesús Abril-Gago,Vanda Salgueiro,Adolfo Comerón,María José Granados-Muñoz,Maria João Costa,Constantino Muñoz-Porcar,Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda,Daniele Bortoli,Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez,Lucas Alados-Arboledas,and Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), 18006 Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada (UGR), 18071 Granada, Spain
Vanda Salgueiro
Center for Sci-Tech Research in Earth System and Energy - CREATE, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, 700-671 Évora, Portugal
Adolfo Comerón
CommSensLab, Dept. of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Center for Sci-Tech Research in Earth System and Energy - CREATE, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, 700-671 Évora, Portugal
Constantino Muñoz-Porcar
CommSensLab, Dept. of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Center for Sci-Tech Research in Earth System and Energy - CREATE, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Universidade de Évora, 700-671 Évora, Portugal
Due to the significant radiative role of dust in climate change, vertical assessments of the short-wave dust direct radiative effect of both fine and coarse dust particles are performed separately. The study is focused on an intense Saharan dust outbreak crossing the Iberian Peninsula in springtime monitored by five Iberian lidar stations with southwest–northeast coverage. A comparative study to evaluate the differences found by considering the total dust (no separation) is also examined.
Due to the significant radiative role of dust in climate change, vertical assessments of the...