Long-range transport of Saharan dust and its radiative impact on precipitation forecast: A case study during the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS)

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 236-251

  Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^a   Richard, Evelyne ^a   Pinty, Jean Pierre ^a   Flamant, Cyrille ^b   Di Girolamo, Paolo ^c   Kiemle, Christoph ^d   Behrendt, Andreas ^e   Chepfer, Hélène ^f   Chiriaco, Marjolaine ^b   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^f LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Convective precipitation; Mesoscale modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; CALIPSO; CLEAN AIR; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DUST EFFECT; DUST LAYER; GERMANY; GROUND BASED; LAGRANGIAN; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LIDAR SYSTEMS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE MODELLING; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH ATLANTIC; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PROGNOSTIC SCHEME; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; REGIONAL MODEL; SAHARAN DUST; STATIC STABILITY; TWO-LAYER STRUCTURES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DUST;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIPSO; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DUST STORM; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 79951884276     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.719     Document Type: Article

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