Investigation of an Intense Dust Outbreak in the Mediterranean Using XMed-Dry Network, Multiplatform Observations, and Numerical Modeling

The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with online coupled chemistry (WRF-Chem) is applied to study an intense Saharan dust outbreak event affecting the Italian peninsula in 15 and 16 April 2018. According to the MODIS retrievals, this intrusion was characterized by an intense aerosol opti...

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Main Authors: Umberto Rizza, Konrad Kandler, Melanie Eknayan, Giorgio Passerini, Enrico Mancinelli, Simone Virgili, Mauro Morichetti, Michael Nolle, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Vasiliki Vasilatou, Pierina Ielpo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/4/1566