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    • 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 ...
    • Retrieval of aerosol optical thickness for desert conditions using MERIS observations during the SAMUM campaign 

      Dinter, Tilman; Von Hoyningen-Huene, Wolfgang; Burrows, John P.; Kokhanovsky, Alexander; Bierwirth, Eike; Wendisch, Manfred; Mueller, D.; Kahn, Ralph; Diouri, Mohammed (2009-02)
      Approximately 30% of the land surface is arid, having desert or semi-desert conditions. Aerosol originating from these regions plays a significant role in climate and atmospheric chemistry of the atmosphere. Retrieving ...