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Evaluation of the BSC-DREAM8b regional dust model using the 3D LIVAS-CALIPSO product

Konsta, Dimitra and Binietoglou, Ioannis and Gkikas, Antonis and Solomos, Stavros and Marinou, Eleni and Proestakis, Emmanouil and Basart, Sara and García-Pando, Carlos Pérez and El-Askary, Hesham and Amiridis, Vassilis (2018) Evaluation of the BSC-DREAM8b regional dust model using the 3D LIVAS-CALIPSO product. Atmospheric Environment, 195, pp. 46-62. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.047. ISSN 1352-2310.

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.047

Abstract

The ability of regional atmospheric models to accurately represent long-range transport of dust is crucial for describing dust effects on radiation and clouds and for reducing their uncertainties on these processes. The optimized CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) pure-dust product that provides the three-dimensional patterns of dust and its transport pathways is a unique tool that can address the aforementioned model's issues. In this study we use the CALIPSO dust extinction profiles as a tool for examining the performance of the regional dust model BSC-DREAM8b in space and time, for the period 2009–2013 over Northern Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe, Eastern North Atlantic and the Middle East. Our analysis suggests that the model overestimates the dust extinction coefficient above dust source regions in Sahara Desert especially at altitudes lower than 3 km at about 0.04 km−1. We also found a slight underestimation of transported dust over Europe and Atlantic Ocean lower than 0.025 km−1 of extinction coefficient values all along the vertical column. Over the Mediterranean dust is overestimated (∼0.01 km−1) in layers higher than 1 km height. Dust in the Middle East is significantly underestimated by the model (∼0.05 km−1) all along the vertical column especially during warm seasons. The study also provides an analysis of the CALIPSO limitations and uncertainties on the detection of strong dust activity contributing to the differences between the simulations and observations above the dust sources of Bodelé and Algeria.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/123545/
Document Type:Article
Title:Evaluation of the BSC-DREAM8b regional dust model using the 3D LIVAS-CALIPSO product
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Konsta, DimitraNOA, Athen, GriechenlandUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Binietoglou, IoannisNational Institute for Optoelectronics, Magurele, RumänienUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gkikas, AntonisNOA, Athen, GriechenlandUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Solomos, StavrosNOA, Athen, GriechenlandUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Marinou, EleniDLR, IPA and NOA, Athen, Griechenlandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2631-6057UNSPECIFIED
Proestakis, EmmanouilNOA, Athen, Griechenlandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9547-3019UNSPECIFIED
Basart, SaraBSC, Barcelona, SpanienUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
García-Pando, Carlos PérezBSC, Barcelona, SpanienUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
El-Askary, HeshamChapman Univ., Orange, CA, USAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Amiridis, VassilisNOA, Athen, GriechenlandUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:24 September 2018
Journal or Publication Title:Atmospheric Environment
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:Yes
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
Volume:195
DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.047
Page Range:pp. 46-62
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1352-2310
Status:Published
Keywords:Dust model evaluation
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Space
HGF - Program Themes:Earth Observation
DLR - Research area:Raumfahrt
DLR - Program:R EO - Earth Observation
DLR - Research theme (Project):R - Atmospheric and climate research
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar
Deposited By: Marinou, Eleni
Deposited On:23 Nov 2018 15:38
Last Modified:23 Nov 2018 15:43

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