Studies on mineral dust using airborne lidar, ground-based remote sensing, and in situ instrumentation
Author
Marenco, Franco
Ryder, Claire
Estelles, Victor
Segura, Sara
Amiridis, Vassilis
Proestakis, Emmanouil
Marinou, Eleni
Tsekeri, Alexandra
Smith, Helen R.
Ulanowski, Zbigniew
O'Sullivan, Debbie
Brooke, Jennifer
Pradhan, Yaswant
Buxmann, Joelle
Attention
2299/20615
Abstract
In August 2015, the AER-D campaign made use of the FAAM research aircraft based in Cape Verde, and targeted mineral dust. First results will be shown here. The campaign had multiple objectives: (1) lidar dust mapping for the validation of satellite and model products; (2) validation of sunphotometer remote sensing with airborne measurements; (3) coordinated measurements with the CATS lidar on the ISS; (4) radiative closure studies; and (5) the validation of a new model of dustsonde.