3D Structure of Saharan Dust Transport Towards Europe as Seen by CALIPSO

We present a 3D multi-year monthly mean climatology of Saharan dust advection over Europe using an area-optimized pure dust CALIPSO product. The product has been developed by applying EARLINET-measured dust lidar ratios and depolarization-based dust discrimination methods and it is shown to have a v...

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Main Authors: Marinou Eleni, Amiridis Vassilis, Tsekeri Alexandra, Solomos Stavros, Kokkalis Panos, Proestakis Emmanouil, Kottas Michael, Binietoglou Ioannis, Zanis Prodromos, Kazadzis Stelios, Wandinger Ulla, Ansmann Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611918007