Understanding Processes that Control Dust Spatial Distributions with Global Climate Models and Satellite Observations

• Main Authors: Wu, Mingxuan, Liu, Xiaohong, Yu, Hongbin, Wang, Hailong, Shi, Yang, Yang, Kang, Darmenov, Anton, Wu, Chenglai, Wang, Zhien, Luo, Tao, Feng, Yan, Ke, Ziming
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Merra; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-160; https://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/acp-2020-160/

Dust aerosol is important in modulating the climate system at local and global scales, yet its spatiotemporal distributions simulated by global climate models (GCMs) are highly uncertain. In this study, we evaluate the spatiotemporal variations of dust extinction profiles and dust optical depth (DOD...