An Overview of the ASKOS Campaign in Cabo Verde ...

• Main Authors: Marinou, Eleni, Paschou, Peristera, Tsikoudi, Ioanna, Tsekeri, Alexandra, Daskalopoulou, Vasiliki, Kouklaki, Dimitra, Siomos, Nikolaos, Spanakis-Misirlis, Vasileios, Voudouri, Kalliopi Artemis, Georgiou, Thanasis, Drakaki, Eleni, Kampouri, Anna, Papachristopoulou, Kyriakoula, Mavropoulou, Ioanna, Mallios, Sotirios, Proestakis, Emmanouil, Gkikas, Antonis, Koutsoupi, Iliana, Raptis, Ioannis-Panagiotis, Kazadzis, Stelios, Baars, Holger, Floutsi, Athena Augusta, Pirloaga, Razvan, Nemuc, Anca, Marenco, Franco, Kezoudi, Maria, Papetta, Alkistis, Mocnik, Grisa, Yus-Díez, Jesús, Ryder, Claire L., Ratcliffe, Natalie, Kandler, Konrad, Sudharaj, Aryasree, Amiridis, Vassilis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Aeolus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12792392; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12792392

In the framework of the ESA-NASA Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign (JATAC), theASKOS experiment was implemented during the summer and autumn of 2021 and 2022. ASKOScomprised roughly 9 weeks of measurements in the Saharan dust outflow towards the North Atlantic,with operations conducted from the Cabo Verde Islands. Through its unprecedented dataset ofsynergistic measurements in the region, ASKOS will allow for the calibration and validation ofthe aerosol/cloud product from Aeolus and the preparation of the terrain for EarthCARE cal/valactivities. Moreover, ASKOS marks a turning point in our ability to study Saharan dust properties andthe processes affecting its atmospheric transport, as well as the link to other components of the Earth’ssystem, such as the effect of dust particles on cloud formation over the Eastern Atlantic and the effectof large and giant particles on radiation. This is possible through the synergy of diverse observationsacquired during the experiment, which include intense 24/7 ...