Numerical model simulation of the Saharan dust event of 6-11 March 2006 using the Regional Climate Model version 3 (RegCM3)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Cavazos, Carolina ^b   Todd, Martin C ^b   Schepanski, Kerstin ^a,c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; MINING; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE SYSTEM; DUST EVENT; DUST MOBILIZATION; DUST SOURCES; MIDLATITUDES; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; NEAR-SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PER UNIT; PRIMARY SOURCES; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SAHARA DESERT; SAHARAN DUST; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATED DUST; SOIL TEXTURES; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WINDS; TEST CASE; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

DUST;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DESERT; DUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PLUME; RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WIND;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 68849130499     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011078     Document Type: Article

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