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DOI | 10.5194/acp-18-8601-2018 |
A 3-D evaluation of the MACC reanalysis dust product over Europe, northern Africa and Middle East using CALIOP/CALIPSO dust satellite observations | |
Georgoulias, Aristeidis K.1,2,3,4,5; Tsikerdekis, Athanasios4; Amiridis, Vassilis5; Marinou, Eleni5,6,7; Benedetti, Angela8; Zanis, Prodromos4; Alexandri, Georgia1; Mona, Lucia9; Kourtidis, Konstantinos A.1; Lelieveld, Jos2,3 | |
通讯作者 | Georgoulias, Aristeidis K. |
来源期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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ISSN | 1680-7316 |
EISSN | 1680-7324 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 18期号:12页码:8601-8620 |
英文摘要 | The MACC reanalysis dust product is evaluated over Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East using the EARLINET-optimized CALIOP/CALIPSO pure dust satellite-based product LIVAS (2007-2012). MACC dust optical depth at 550 nm (DOD550) data are compared against LIVAS DOD532 observations. As only natural aerosol (dust and sea salt) profiles are available in MACC, here we focus on layers above 1 km a.s.l. to diminish the influence of sea salt particles that typically reside at low heights. So, MACC natural aerosol extinction coefficient profiles at 550 nm are compared against dust extinction coefficient profiles at 532 nm from LIVAS, assuming that the MACC natural aerosol profile data can be similar to the dust profile data, especially over pure continental regions. It is shown that the reanalysis data are capable of capturing the major dust hot spots in the area as the MACC DOD550 patterns are close to the LIVAS DOD532 patterns throughout the year. MACC overestimates DOD for regions with low dust loadings and underestimates DOD for regions with high dust loadings where DOD exceeds similar to 0.3. The mean bias between the MACC and LIVAS DOD is 0.025 (similar to 25 %) over the whole domain. Both MACC and LIVAS capture the summer and spring high dust loadings, especially over northern Africa and the Middle East, and exhibit similar monthly structures despite the biases. In this study, dust extinction coefficient patterns are reported at four layers (layer 1: 1200-3000 m a.s.l., layer 2: 3000-4800 m a.s.l., layer 3: 4800-6600 m a.s.l. and layer 4: 6600-8400 m a.s.l.). The MACC and LIVAS extinction coefficient patterns are similar over areas characterized by high dust loadings for the first three layers. Within layer 4, MACC overestimates extinction coefficients consistently throughout the year over the whole domain. MACC overestimates extinction coefficients compared to LIVAS over regions away from the major dust sources while over regions close to the dust sources (the Sahara and Middle East) it underestimates strongly only for heights below similar to 3-5 km a.s.l. depending on the period of the year. In general, it is shown that dust loadings appear over remote regions and at heights up to 9 km a.s.l. in MACC contrary to LIVAS. This could be due to the model performance and parameterizations of emissions and other processes, due to the assimilation of satellite aerosol measurements over dark surfaces only or due to a possible enhancement of aerosols by the MACC assimilation system. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Greece ; Germany ; Cyprus ; England ; Italy |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000435585400002 |
WOS关键词 | POLARIZATION RAMAN LIDAR ; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH ; SAHARAN DUST ; DESERT DUST ; MEDITERRANEAN REGION ; PREMATURE MORTALITY ; MINERAL DUST ; AIR-QUALITY ; CALIPSO ; MODEL |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/207892 |
作者单位 | 1.Democritus Univ Thrace, Sch Engn, Dept Environm Engn, Xanthi, Greece; 2.Max Planck Inst Chem, Mainz, Germany; 3.Cyprus Inst, Energy Environm & Water Res Ctr, Nicosia, Cyprus; 4.Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Sch Geol, Dept Meteorol & Climatol, Thessaloniki, Greece; 5.Natl Observ Athens, Inst Astron Astrophys Space Applicat & Remote Sen, Athens, Greece; 6.Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Dept Phys, Lab Atmospher Phys, Thessaloniki, Greece; 7.Deutsch Zentrum Luft & Raumfahrt DLR, Inst Phys Atmosphare, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; 8.European Ctr Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, Berks, England; 9.CNR, Ist Metodol Anal Ambientale, Potenza, Italy |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Georgoulias, Aristeidis K.,Tsikerdekis, Athanasios,Amiridis, Vassilis,et al. A 3-D evaluation of the MACC reanalysis dust product over Europe, northern Africa and Middle East using CALIOP/CALIPSO dust satellite observations[J],2018,18(12):8601-8620. |
APA | Georgoulias, Aristeidis K..,Tsikerdekis, Athanasios.,Amiridis, Vassilis.,Marinou, Eleni.,Benedetti, Angela.,...&Lelieveld, Jos.(2018).A 3-D evaluation of the MACC reanalysis dust product over Europe, northern Africa and Middle East using CALIOP/CALIPSO dust satellite observations.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,18(12),8601-8620. |
MLA | Georgoulias, Aristeidis K.,et al."A 3-D evaluation of the MACC reanalysis dust product over Europe, northern Africa and Middle East using CALIOP/CALIPSO dust satellite observations".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 18.12(2018):8601-8620. |
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