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    • Desert dust aerosol air mass mapping in the western Sahara, using particle properties derived from space-based multi-angle imaging 

      Kahn, Ralph; Petzold, Andreas; Wendisch, Manfred; Bierwirth, Eike; Dinter, Tilman; Esselborn, Michael; Fiebig, Marcus; Heese, Birgit; Knippertz, Peter; Mueller, D.; Schladitz, Alexander; Hoyningen-Huene, Andwolfgang Von (2009-02)
      Coincident observations made over the Moroccan desert during the Sahara mineral dust experiment (SAMUM) 2006 field campaign are used both to validate aerosol amount and type retrieved from multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer ...
    • Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 - a meteorological overview 

      Knippertz, Peter; Ansmann, Albert; Althausen, Dietrich; Mueller, D.; Tesche, Matthias; Bierwirth, Eike; Dinter, Tilman; Mueller, Thomas; Von Hoyningen-Huene, Wolfgang; Schepanski, Kerstin; Wendisch, Manfred; Heinold, Bernd; Kandler, Konrad; Petzold, Andreas; Schuetz, Lothar; Tegen, Ina (2009-02)
      The SAMUM field campaign in southern Morocco in May/June 2006 provides valuable data to study the emission, and the horizontal and vertical transports of mineral dust in the Northern Sahara. Radiosonde and lidar observations ...
    • Microphysical and optical properties of dust and tropical biomass burning aerosol layers in the Cape Verde region-an overview of the airborne in situ and lidar measurements during SAMUM-2 

      Weinzierl, Bernadett; Sauer, Daniel; Esselborn, Michael; Petzold, Andreas; Veira, Andreas; Rose, Maximilian; Mund, Susanne; Wirth, Martin; Ansmann, Albert; Tesche, Matthias; Gross, Silke; Freudenthaler, Volker (2011-09-01)
      In the framework of the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar and in situ measurements of the particle size, aerosol mixing state and absorption coefficient were conducted. Here, ...
    • Optical and microphysical properties of smoke over Cape Verde inferred from multiwavelength lidar measurements 

      Tesche, Matthias; Mueller, D.; Gross, Silke; Ansmann, Albert; Althausen, Dietrich; Freudenthaler, Volker; Weinzierl, Bernadett; Veira, Andreas; Petzold, Andreas (2011-09)
      Lidar measurements of mixed dust/smoke plumes over the tropical Atlantic ocean were carried out during the winter campaign of SAMUM-2 at Cape Verde. Profiles of backscatter and extinction coefficients, lidar ratios, and ...
    • Regional modelling of Saharan dust and biomass-burning smoke. Part 1 : Model description and evaluation 

      Heinold, Bernd; Tegen, Ina; Schepanski, Kerstin; Tesche, Matthias; Esselborn, Michael; Freudenthaler, Volker; Gross, Silke; Kandler, Konrad; Knippertz, Peter; Mueller, D.; Schladitz, Alexander; Toledano, Carlos; Weinzierl, Bernadett; Ansmann, Albert; Althausen, Dietrich; Müller, Thomas; Petzold, Andreas; Wiedensohler, Alfred (2011-09)
      The spatio-temporal evolution of the Saharan dust and biomass-burning plume during the SAMUM-2 field campaign in January and February 2008 is simulated at 28 km horizontal resolution with the regional model-system COSMO-MUSCAT. ...
    • Regional Saharan dust modelling during the SAMUM 2006 campaign 

      Heinold, Bernd; Tegen, Ina; Esselborn, Michael; Kandler, Konrad; Knippertz, Peter; Mueller, D.; Schladitz, Alexander; Tesche, Matthias; Weinzierl, Bernadett; Ansmann, Albert; Althausen, Dietrich; Laurent, Benoit; Massling, Andreas; Mueller, Thomas; Petzold, Andreas; Schepanski, Kerstin; Wiedensohler, Alfred (2009-02)
      The regional dust model system LM-MUSCAT-DES was developed in the framework of the SAMUM project. Using the unique comprehensive data set of near-source dust properties during the 2006 SAMUM field campaign, the performance ...
    • Saharan Mineral Dust Experiments SAMUM-1 and SAMUM-2 : what have we learned? 

      Ansmann, Albert; Petzold, Andreas; Kandler, Konrad; Tegen, Ina; Wendisch, Manfred; Mueller, D.; Weinzierl, Bernadett; Mueller, Thomas; Heintzenberg, Jost (2011-09)
      Two comprehensive field campaigns were conducted in 2006 and 2008 in the framework of the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) project. The relationship between chemical composition, shape morphology, size distribution ...
    • Spatial distribution and optical properties of Saharan dust observed by airborne high spectral resolution lidar during SAMUM 2006 

      Esselborn, Michael; Wirth, Martin; Fix, Andreas; Weinzierl, Bernadett; Rasp, Katharina; Tesche, Matthias; Petzold, Andreas (2009-02-02)
      Airborne measurements of pure Saharan dust extinction and backscatter coefficients, the corresponding lidar ratio and the aerosol optical thickness (AOT) have been performed during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment 2006, ...