Wintertime Saharan dust transport towards the Caribbean: an airborne lidar case study during EUREC 4 A
Wintertime Saharan dust plumes in the vicinity of Barbados are investigated by means of airborne lidar measurements. The measurements were conducted in the framework of the EUREC 4 A (Elucidating the Role of Cloud-Circulation Coupling in Climate) field experiment upstream the Caribbean island in Jan...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:236ef5a15d1e4ea5bf87961d52a55dc6 2023-05-15T17:34:10+02:00 Wintertime Saharan dust transport towards the Caribbean: an airborne lidar case study during EUREC 4 A M. Gutleben S. Groß C. Heske M. Wirth 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7319-2022 https://doaj.org/article/236ef5a15d1e4ea5bf87961d52a55dc6 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/22/7319/2022/acp-22-7319-2022.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7316 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7324 doi:10.5194/acp-22-7319-2022 1680-7316 1680-7324 https://doaj.org/article/236ef5a15d1e4ea5bf87961d52a55dc6 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 22, Pp 7319-7330 (2022) Physics QC1-999 Chemistry QD1-999 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7319-2022 2022-12-30T21:38:26Z Wintertime Saharan dust plumes in the vicinity of Barbados are investigated by means of airborne lidar measurements. The measurements were conducted in the framework of the EUREC 4 A (Elucidating the Role of Cloud-Circulation Coupling in Climate) field experiment upstream the Caribbean island in January–February 2020. The combination of the water vapor differential absorption and high spectral resolution lidar techniques together with dropsonde measurements aboard the German HALO (High Altitude and Long-Range) research aircraft enable a detailed vertical and horizontal characterization of the measured dust plumes. In contrast to summertime dust transport, mineral dust aerosols were transported at lower altitudes and were always located below 3.5 km. Calculated backward trajectories affirm that the dust-laden layers have been transported in nearly constant low-level altitude over the North Atlantic Ocean. Only mixtures of dust particles with other aerosol species, i.e., biomass-burning aerosol from fires in West Africa and marine aerosol, were detected by the lidar. No pure mineral dust regimes were observed. Additionally, all the dust-laden air masses that were observed during EUREC 4 A came along with enhanced water vapor concentrations compared with the free atmosphere above. Such enhancements have already been observed during summertime and were found to have a great impact on radiative transfer and atmospheric stability. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22 11 7319 7330 |
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Wintertime Saharan dust plumes in the vicinity of Barbados are investigated by means of airborne lidar measurements. The measurements were conducted in the framework of the EUREC 4 A (Elucidating the Role of Cloud-Circulation Coupling in Climate) field experiment upstream the Caribbean island in January–February 2020. The combination of the water vapor differential absorption and high spectral resolution lidar techniques together with dropsonde measurements aboard the German HALO (High Altitude and Long-Range) research aircraft enable a detailed vertical and horizontal characterization of the measured dust plumes. In contrast to summertime dust transport, mineral dust aerosols were transported at lower altitudes and were always located below 3.5 km. Calculated backward trajectories affirm that the dust-laden layers have been transported in nearly constant low-level altitude over the North Atlantic Ocean. Only mixtures of dust particles with other aerosol species, i.e., biomass-burning aerosol from fires in West Africa and marine aerosol, were detected by the lidar. No pure mineral dust regimes were observed. Additionally, all the dust-laden air masses that were observed during EUREC 4 A came along with enhanced water vapor concentrations compared with the free atmosphere above. Such enhancements have already been observed during summertime and were found to have a great impact on radiative transfer and atmospheric stability. |
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Wintertime Saharan dust transport towards the Caribbean: an airborne lidar case study during EUREC 4 A |
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Wintertime Saharan dust transport towards the Caribbean: an airborne lidar case study during EUREC 4 A |
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