The impact of mineral dust on cloud formation during the Saharan dust event in April 2014 over Europe

Weger, Michael and Heinold, Bernd and Engler, Christa and Schumann, Ulrich and Seifert, Patric and Fößig, Romy and Voigt, Christiane and Baars, Holger and Blahak, Ulrich and Borrmann, Stephan and Hoose, Corinna and Kaufmann, Stefan and Seifert, Axel and Krämer, Martina and Senf, Fabian and Schneider, Johannes and Tegen, Ina (2018) The impact of mineral dust on cloud formation during the Saharan dust event in April 2014 over Europe. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), 18, pp. 17545-17572. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/acp-18-17545-2018. ISSN 1680-7316.

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Abstract

A regional modeling study on the impact of desert dust on cloud formation is presented for a major Saharan dust outbreak over Europe from 2 April to 5 April 2014. The dust event coincided with an extensive and dense cirrus cloud layer, suggesting an influence of dust on atmospheric ice nucleation. Using interactive simulation with the regional dust model COSMO-MUSCAT, we investigate cloud and precipitation representation in the model and test the sensitivity of cloud parameters to dust-cloud and dust-radiation interactions of the simulated dust plume. We evaluate model results with ground-based and space-borne remote sensings of aerosol and cloud properties, as well as the in situ measurements obtained during the ML-CIRRUS aircraft campaign.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/124909/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

The impact of mineral dust on cloud formation during the Saharan dust event in April 2014 over Europe

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Weger, Michael	TROPOS, Leipzig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Heinold, Bernd	TROPOS, Leipzig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Engler, Christa	Univ. Leipzig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Schumann, Ulrich	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5255-6869	UNSPECIFIED
Seifert, Patric	TROPOS, Leipzig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Fößig, Romy	KIT, Karlsruhe	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Voigt, Christiane	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-7731	UNSPECIFIED
Baars, Holger	TROPOS, Leipzig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Blahak, Ulrich	DWD, Offenbach	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Borrmann, Stephan	MPI für Chemie, Mainz	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hoose, Corinna	KIT, Karlsruhe	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Kaufmann, Stefan	DLR, IPA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Seifert, Axel	DWD, Offenbach	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Krämer, Martina	FZ Jülich	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Senf, Fabian	TROPOS, Leipzig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Schneider, Johannes	MPI für Chemie, Mainz	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Tegen, Ina	TROPOS, Leipzig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2018

Journal or Publication Title:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

Yes

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.5194/acp-18-17545-2018

Page Range:

pp. 17545-17572

Publisher:

Copernicus Publications

ISSN:

1680-7316

Status:

Published

Keywords:

cirrus, mineral dust, ice nucleation

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Aeronautics

HGF - Program Themes:

air traffic management and operations

DLR - Research area:

Aeronautics

DLR - Program:

L AO - Air Traffic Management and Operation

DLR - Research theme (Project):

L - Climate, Weather and Environment (old)

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Cloud Physics

Deposited By:

Voigt, Dr.rer.nat. Christiane

Deposited On:

12 Dec 2018 11:00

Last Modified:

02 May 2019 14:00

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