Contribution of EARLINET/ACTRIS to the summer 2013 special observing period of the ChArMEx project: monitoring of a Saharan dust event over the western and central Mediterranean

In the framework of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment (ChArMEx; http://charmex.lsce.ipsl.fr/) initiative, a field campaign took place in the western Mediterranean Basin between 10 June and 5 July 2013 within the ADRIMED (Aerosol Direct Radiative Impact on the regional climate in the MED...

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Autores: Sicard, Michaël|||0000-0001-8287-9693, Barragán Cuesta, Rubén, Muñoz Porcar, Constantino|||0000-0002-6543-119X, Comerón Tejero, Adolfo|||0000-0001-6886-3679, Mallet, Marc, Dulac, F, Pelon, Jacques, Alados Arboledas, Lucas, Amodeo, Aldo, Boselli, Antonella, Bravo Aranda, Juan Antonio, D'Amico, Giuseppe, Granados Muñoz, María José, Leto, Giuseppe, Guerrero Rascado, Juan Luis, Madonna, Fabio, Mona, Lucia, Pappalardo, Gelsomina, Perrone, Maria-Rita, Burlizzi, Pasquale, Rocadenbosch Burillo, Francisco|||0000-0001-8614-4408, Rodríguez Gómez, Alejandro Antonio|||0000-0002-9209-0685, Scollo, Simona, Spinelli, N., Titos, Gloria, Wang, Xuan, Zanmar Sanchez, Ricardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/97474
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/97474
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2016.1222102
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Remote sensing
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Sumario:In the framework of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment (ChArMEx; http://charmex.lsce.ipsl.fr/) initiative, a field campaign took place in the western Mediterranean Basin between 10 June and 5 July 2013 within the ADRIMED (Aerosol Direct Radiative Impact on the regional climate in the MEDiterranean region) project. The scientific objectives of ADRIMED are the characterization of the most common ‘Mediterranean aerosols’ and their direct radiative forcing (column closure and regional scale). During 15–24 June a multi-intrusion dust event took place over the western and central Mediterranean Basin. Extra measurements were carried out by some EARLINET/ACTRIS (European Aerosol Research Lidar Network /Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure Network, http://www.actris.net/) lidar stations in Spain and Italy, in particular on 22 June in support to the flight over southern Italy of the Falcon 20 aircraft involved in the campaign. This article describes the physical and optical properties of dust observed at the different lidar stations in terms of dust plume centre of mass, optical depth, lidar ratio, and particle depolarization ratio. To link the differences found in the origin of dust plumes, the results are discussed on the basis of back-trajectories and air- and space-borne lidars. This work puts forward the collaboration between a European research infrastructure (ACTRIS) and an international project (ChArMEx) on topics of interest for both parties, and more generally for the atmospheric community.

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