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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-12395-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-12395-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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01 Sep 2026
Research article |
| 01 Sep 2026
| 01 Sep 2026
Source-dependent optical and mineral signatures of dust outbreaks over the Mediterranean
Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Celia Herrero del Barrio
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Laboratory of Disruptive Interdisciplinary Science (LaDIS), Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
S. Yeşer Aslanoğlu
Department of Environmental Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye
Rizos-Theodoros Chadoulis
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens (IAASARS/NOA), 15236 Athens, Greece
Georgia Charalampous
Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence, Limassol, Cyprus
Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Sara Herrero-Anta
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Laboratory of Disruptive Interdisciplinary Science (LaDIS), Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Dimitra Kouklaki
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens (IAASARS/NOA), 15236 Athens, Greece
Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Michail Mytilinaios
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), Tito, Italy
Anna Moustaka
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
Physicalisch Meteorologisches Observatorium, World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland
Emmanouil Proestakis
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens (IAASARS/NOA), 15236 Athens, Greece
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Vassilis Amiridis
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens (IAASARS/NOA), 15236 Athens, Greece
Christos Spyrou
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens, Greece
Antonis Gkikas
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens, Greece
Michael Pikridas
Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Maria Kezoudi
Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Franco Marenco
Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Jean Sciare
Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Sophie Vandenbussche
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Brussels, Belgium
Stavros Solomos
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens, Greece
Stelios Kazadzis
Physicalisch Meteorologisches Observatorium, World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland
Ilias Fountoulakis
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of Athens, Greece
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Short summary
We studied four major dust events from the Sahara and the Middle East over the Mediterranean. Saharan dust events exhibited coarser and more scattering particles, while Middle Eastern dust was finer and mixed with pollution. Differences in absorption could not be explained by mineralogy and are attributed to mixing.
We studied four major dust events from the Sahara and the Middle East over the Mediterranean....
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