Observing mineral dust in northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe: current capabilities and challenges ahead for the development of dust Services

L Mona, V Amiridis, E Cuevas, A Gkikas… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mineral dust produced by wind erosion of arid and semiarid surfaces is a major component
of atmospheric aerosol that affects climate, weather, ecosystems, and socioeconomic …

Automated time–height-resolved air mass source attribution for profiling remote sensing applications

M Radenz, P Seifert, H Baars, AA Floutsi… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Height-resolved air mass source attribution is crucial for the evaluation of profiling ground-
based remote sensing observations, especially when using lidar (light detection and …

Investigation of volcanic emissions in the mediterranean:“The etna–antikythera connection”

A Kampouri, V Amiridis, S Solomos, A Gialitaki… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Between 30 May and 6 June 2019 a series of new eruptions occured in the south-east flanks
of Mt. Etna, Italy, forming lava flows and explosive activity that was most intense during the …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical characterization of fine and coarse dust particles during an intense Saharan dust outbreak over the Iberian Peninsula in springtime 2021

MÁ López-Cayuela… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
An intense and long-lasting Saharan dust outbreak crossed the Iberian Peninsula (IP) from
the southwest (SW) to the northeast (NE) from 25 March until 7 April 2021. This work aims to …

Assimilating spaceborne lidar dust extinction improves dust forecasts

J Escribano, E Di Tomaso, O Jorba… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric mineral dust has a rich tri-dimensional spatial and temporal structure that is
poorly constrained in forecasts and analyses when only column-integrated aerosol optical …

First assessment of Aeolus L2A particle backscatter coefficient retrievals in the Eastern Mediterranean

A Gkikas, A Gialitaki, I Binietoglou… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
Since 2018, the Aeolus satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) acquires wind HLOS
(horizontal line-of-sight) profiles throughout the troposphere and up to the lower …

A near-global multiyear climate data record of the fine-mode and coarse-mode components of atmospheric pure dust

E Proestakis, A Gkikas, T Georgiou… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - amt.copernicus.org
A new four-dimensional, multiyear, and near-global climate data record of the fine-mode
(submicrometer in terms of diameter) and coarse-mode (supermicrometer in terms of …

Impacts of transboundary dust transport on aerosol pollution in the western Yangtze River delta region, China: insights gained from ground‐based lidar and satellite …

H Yang, Z Fang, Y Cao, C Xie, T Zhou… - Earth and Space …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dust storms pose a serious threat to air quality and public health through large‐scale, long‐
distance transport. In early April 2018, two severe dust storm events occurred in the …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal variation of radionuclide dispersion from nuclear power plant accidents using FLEXPART mini-ensemble modeling

SO Nabavi, T Christoudias, Y Proestos… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
We investigate the spatiotemporal distribution of the radionuclides including iodine-131 (131
I) and cesium-137 (137 Cs), transported to Qatar from fictitious accidents at the upwind …

Combined sun-photometer/lidar inversion: lessons learned during the EARLINET/ACTRIS COVID-19 Campaign

A Tsekeri, A Gialitaki, M Di Paolantonio… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET), part of the Aerosols, Clouds
and Trace gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS), organized an intensive observational …