Aerosol Distributions and Transport over Southern Morocco from Ground-Based and Satellite Observations (2004–2020)

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Millet, Tristan, Bencherif, Hassan, Bounhir, Aziza, Bègue, Nelson, Lamy, Kévin, Ranaivombola, Marion, Benkhaldoun, Zouhair, Portafaix, Thierry, Duflot, Valentin
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones (LACy), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France, Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech (UCA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Aerosol aerosol optical depth; Angström exponent; aerosol volumetric size distribution; AERONET; MODIS; MERRA-2; CAMS; HYSPLIT; dust desert; Morocco; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Merra; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-04137069; https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-04137069/document; https://hal.univ-reunion.fr/hal-04137069/file/atmosphere-13-00923-v4.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13060923

The present study investigates the optical properties of aerosols on daily and seasonal scales with the use of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Angström exponent (AE) data retrieved from AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) and collected at four stations in Southern Morocco-Saada (31.63°N; 8.16°W),...