@misc{10481/33159,
year = {2009},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/33159},
abstract = {We observed a long-range transport event of mineral dust from North Africa to South Europe during the Saharan Mineral
Dust Experiment (SAMUM) 2006. Geometrical and optical properties of that dust plume were determined with Sun
photometer of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) and Raman lidar near the North African source region, and
with Sun photometers of AERONET and lidars of the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) in the
far field in Europe. Extinction-to-backscatter ratios of the dust plume over Morocco and Southern Europe do not differ.
Ångstr¨om exponents increase with distance from Morocco. We simulated the transport, and geometrical and optical
properties of the dust plume with a dust transport model. The model results and the experimental data show similar
times regarding the appearance of the dust plume over each EARLINET site. Dust optical depth from the model agrees
in most cases to particle optical depth measured with the Sun photometers. The vertical distribution of the mineral dust
could be satisfactorily reproduced, if we use as benchmark the extinction profiles measured with lidar. In some cases
we find differences. We assume that insufficient vertical resolution of the dust plume in the model calculations is one
reason for these deviations.},
organization = {The financial support for EARLINET by the European Commission
under grant RICA-025991 is gratefully acknowledged.
This study was also funded by the German Research Foundation
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) within the Research Group
SAMUMunder grant FOR 539.},
publisher = {International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm},
keywords = {Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM)},
keywords = {Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET)},
keywords = {European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET)},
keywords = {Mineral dust},
keywords = {Optical properties},
keywords = {Geometrical properties},
keywords = {Sun photometers},
keywords = {South Europe},
keywords = {North Africa},
title = {EARLINET observations of the 14-22-may long-range dust transport event during SAMUM 2006: validation of results from dust transport modelling},
doi = {10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00400.x},
author = {Müller, Daniel and Heinold, B. and Tesche, M. and Tegen, I and Althausen, D. and Alados Arboledas, Lucas and Amiridis, V. and Amodeo, A. and Ansmann, A. and Balis, D. and Comeron, A. and D'Amico, G. and Gerasopoulos, E. and Guerrero Rascado, Juan Luis and Freudenthaler, V. and Giannakaki, E. and Heese, B. and Iarlori, M. and Knippertz, P. and Mamouri, R. E. and Mona, L. and Papayannis, A. and Pappalardo, G. and Perrone, R.-M. and Pisani, G. and Rizi, V. and Sicard, M. and Spinelli, N. and Tafuro, A. and Wiegner, M.},
}