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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
02 Jul 2025
Research article |
| 02 Jul 2025
| 02 Jul 2025
Pollution affects Arabian and Saharan dust optical properties in the eastern Mediterranean
Marilena Teri
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Vienna Doctoral School in Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Josef Gasteiger
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
now at: Hamtec Consulting GmbH at EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Katharina Heimerl
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
now at: Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Maximilian Dollner
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Manuel Schöberl
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Vienna Doctoral School in Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Petra Seibert
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Anne Tipka
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
now at: International Data Centre, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, P.O. Box 1200, 1400 Vienna, Austria
Thomas Müller
Tropospheric Aerosols, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Sudharaj Aryasree
Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Konrad Kandler
Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Bernadett Weinzierl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Data sets
Data of Pollution affects Arabian and Saharan dust optical properties in the Eastern Mediterranean M. Teri et al. https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.454
Short summary
The A-LIFE aircraft field experiment was carried out in the eastern Mediterranean in 2017. Using A-LIFE data, we studied the change in mineral dust optical properties due to mixing with anthropogenic aerosols. We found that increasing pollution affects dust optical properties, which has implications for identifying dust events and understanding their climate effects. We also show that optical properties of Saharan and Arabian dust are similar when comparing cases with equal pollution content.
The A-LIFE aircraft field experiment was carried out in the eastern Mediterranean in 2017. Using...
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