• Aerosol radiative impact during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by an inter-continental Saharan dust outbreak – Part 1: Short-wave dust direct radiative effect 

      Cordoba Jabonero, Carmen; Sicard, Michaël; López Cayuela, María Ángeles; Ansmann, Albert; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo; Zorzano, María-Paz; Rodríguez Gómez, Alejandro Antonio; Muñoz Porcar, Constantino (European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2021-04-30)
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      The short-wave (SW) direct radiative effect (DRE) during the summer 2019 heatwave produced partly by a moderate, long-lasting Saharan dust outbreak over Europe is analysed in this study. Two European sites (periods) are ...
    • Comparison of methodologies for assessing desert dust contribution to regional PM10 and PM2.5 levels: a one-year study over Portugal 

      Gama, Carla; Pio, Casimiro; Monteiro, Alexandra; Russo, Michael; Fernandes, A.P.; Borrego, Carlos; Baldasano Recio, José María; Tchepel, Oxana (2020-02)
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      Desert dust outbreaks may affect air quality. This study estimates the importance of African dust contribution to the PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations observed in rural regional background sites in Portugal. Desert dust ...
    • Dust emission from crusted surfaces: Insights from field measurements and modelling 

      Klose, Martina; Gill, Thomas E.; Etyemezian, Vicken; Nikolich, George; Zadeh, Zahra Ghodsi; Webb, Nicholas P.; Pelt, R. Scott, Van (Elsevier, 2019-10)
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      Crusted surfaces can be major sources of mineral dust emission. Quantitative understanding of dust emission from crusted surfaces is limited, because (1) theories on dust emission are not well tested for such surfaces; and ...
    • Extreme, wintertime Saharan dust intrusion in the Iberian Peninsula: Lidar monitoring and evaluation of dust forecast models during the February 2017 event 

      Fernández, Alfonso J.; Sicard, Michaël; Costa, Maria J.; Guerrero-Rascado, Juan L.; Gómez-Amo, José L.; Molero, Francisco; Barragán Cuesta, Rubén; Basart, Sara; Bortoli, Daniele; Bedoya-Velásquez, Andrés E.; Utrillas, María P.; Salvador, Pedro; Granados Muñoz, María José; Potes, Miguel; Ortiz-Amezcua, Pablo; Martínez-Lozano, José A.; Artíñano, Begoña; Muñoz Porcar, Constantino; Salgado, Rui; Román, Roberto; Rocadenbosch Burillo, Francisco; Salgueiro, Vanda; Benavent-Oltra, José A.; Rodríguez Gómez, Alejandro Antonio; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo; Pujadas, Manuel (Elsevier, 2019-11-01)
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      An unprecedented extreme Saharan dust event was registered in winter time from 20 to 23 February 2017 over the Iberian Peninsula (IP). We report on aerosol optical properties observed under this extreme dust intrusion ...
    • MONARCH regional reanalysis of desert dust aerosols: an initial assessment 

      di Tomaso, Enza; Escribano Alisio, Jeronimo; Basart, Sara; Ginoux, Paul; Macchia, Francesca; Barnaba, Francesca; Benincasa, Francesco; Bretonnière, Pierre-Antoine; Buñuel, Arnau; Castrillo Melguizo, Miguel; Cuevas Agulló, Emilio; Formenti, Paola; Gonçalves Ageitos, María; Jorba Casellas, Oriol; Klose, Martina; Mona, Lucia; Montané Pinto, Gilbert; Mytilinaios, Michail; Obiso, Vincenzo; Olid García, Miriam; Schutgens, Nick; Votsis, Athanasios; Werner, Ernest; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos (Springer, 2023-01-02)
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      Aerosol reanalyses are a well-established tool for monitoring aerosol trends, for validation and calibration of weather chemical models, as well as for the enhancement of strategies for environmental monitoring and hazard ...
    • Monitoring the impact of desert dust outbreaks for air quality for health studies 

      Querol, X.; Tobías, A.; Pérez, N.; Karanasiou, A.; Amato, F.; Stafoggia, M.; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos; Ginoux, P.; Forastiere, F.; Gumy, S.; Mudu, P.; Alastuey, A. (Elsevier, 2019-09)
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      We review the major features of desert dust outbreaks that are relevant to the assessment of dust impacts upon human health. Our ultimate goal is to provide scientific guidance for the acquisition of relevant population ...
    • Retrieving the global distribution of the threshold of wind erosion from satellite data and implementing it into the geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory land–atmosphere model (GFDL AM4.0/LM4.0) 

      Pu, Bing.; Ginoux, Paul; Guo, Huan; Hsu, N. Christina; Kimball, John; Marticorena, Beatrice; Malyshev, Sergey; Naik, Vaishali; O'Neill, Norman T.; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos; Paireau, Juliette; Prospero, Joseph M.; Shevliakova, Elena; Zhao, Ming (Copernicus Publications, 2020-01-03)
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      Dust emission is initiated when surface wind velocities exceed the threshold of wind erosion. Many dust models used constant threshold values globally. Here we use satellite products to characterize the frequency of dust ...
    • The MONARCH high-resolution reanalysis of desert dust aerosol over Northern Africa, the Middle East and Europe (2007–2016) 

      di Tomaso, Enza; Escribano Alisio, Jeronimo; Basart Alpuente, Sara; Macchia, Francesca; Benincasa, Francesco; Bretonnière, Pierre-Antoine; Buñuel, Arnau; Castrillo Melguizo, Miguel; Gonçalves Ageitos, María; Jorba Casellas, Oriol; Klose, Martina; Montané Pinto, Gilbert; Obiso, Vincenzo; Olid García, Miriam; Pérez García-Pando, Carlos (Copernicus Office, 2022-06-21)
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      One of the challenges in studying desert dust aerosol along with its numerous interactions and impacts is the paucity of direct in situ measurements, particularly in the areas most affected by dust storms. Satellites ...