Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021
Windblown dust plays a crucial role in the Earth system, impacting climate, ecosystems, human activities, and health. The spatiotemporal evolution of dust plumes during transport is determined by wind, the primary driver of dust emission. In this study, we utilize outputs from the ECMWF-IFS, assimil...
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| author | Eleni Drakaki Vassilis Amiridis Antonis Gkikas Eleni Marinou Emmanouil Proestakis Georgios Papangelis Angela Benedetti Michael Rennie Christian Retscher Demetri Bouris Petros Katsafados |
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| description | Windblown dust plays a crucial role in the Earth system, impacting climate, ecosystems, human activities, and health. The spatiotemporal evolution of dust plumes during transport is determined by wind, the primary driver of dust emission. In this study, we utilize outputs from the ECMWF-IFS, assimilating quality-assured Aeolus wind profiles, to initialize dust simulations with the WRF-Chem model. The aim is to assess the impact of Aeolus wind observations on modeling the desert dust cycle. Focusing on the ASKOS/JATAC campaign in September 2021 near Cabo Verde, we qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the simulated dust-related outputs, revealing that even small differences in wind significantly affect the simulated dust emission rates and dust optical depth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df563739312a46bf920910be2d3f4eb12024-03-27T13:37:30ZengMDPI AGEnvironmental Sciences Proceedings2673-49312023-09-0126115210.3390/environsciproc2023026152Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021Eleni Drakaki0Vassilis Amiridis1Antonis Gkikas2Eleni Marinou3Emmanouil Proestakis4Georgios Papangelis5Angela Benedetti6Michael Rennie7Christian Retscher8Demetri Bouris9Petros Katsafados10Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceInstitute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, GreeceEuropean Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading RG2 9AX, UKEuropean Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading RG2 9AX, UKEuropean Space Agency, 00044 Frascati, ItalySchool of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Geography, Harokopion University of Athens (HUA), 17671 Athens, GreeceWindblown dust plays a crucial role in the Earth system, impacting climate, ecosystems, human activities, and health. The spatiotemporal evolution of dust plumes during transport is determined by wind, the primary driver of dust emission. In this study, we utilize outputs from the ECMWF-IFS, assimilating quality-assured Aeolus wind profiles, to initialize dust simulations with the WRF-Chem model. The aim is to assess the impact of Aeolus wind observations on modeling the desert dust cycle. Focusing on the ASKOS/JATAC campaign in September 2021 near Cabo Verde, we qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the simulated dust-related outputs, revealing that even small differences in wind significantly affect the simulated dust emission rates and dust optical depth.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/152dustemissionstransportASKOSJATACWRF |
| spellingShingle | Eleni Drakaki Vassilis Amiridis Antonis Gkikas Eleni Marinou Emmanouil Proestakis Georgios Papangelis Angela Benedetti Michael Rennie Christian Retscher Demetri Bouris Petros Katsafados Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021 Environmental Sciences Proceedings dust emissions transport ASKOS JATAC WRF |
| title | Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021 |
| title_full | Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021 |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021 |
| title_short | Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021 |
| title_sort | assessing the impact of aeolus wind profiles in wrf chem model dust simulations in september 2021 |
| topic | dust emissions transport ASKOS JATAC WRF |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/152 |
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