Observation and modeling of the historic “Godzilla” African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern US in June 2020

• Main Authors: Yu, Hongbin, Tan, Qian, Zhou, Lillian, Zhou, Yaping, Bian, Huisheng, Chin, Mian, Ryder, Claire L., Pradhan, Yaswant, Shi, Yingxi, Song, Qianqian, Zhang, Zhibo, Colarco, Peter R., Kim, Dongchul, Remer, Lorraine, Yuan, Tianle\, Mayol-Bracero, Olga, Brent N. Holben, Brent N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EGI 2021
• Subjects: Nash; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m2itvj-g0sl; https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/24277

This study characterizes a massive African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and southern US in June 2020, which is nicknamed the “Godzilla” dust plume, using a comprehensive set of satellite and ground-based observations (including MODIS, CALIOP, SEVIRI, AERONET, and EPA Air Quality network)...