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DOI | 10.1029/2019JD032014 |
Contribution of IASI to the Observation of Dust Aerosol Emissions (Morning and Nighttime) Over the Sahara Desert | |
Chédin A.; Capelle V.; Scott N.A.; Todd M.C. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 2169897X |
卷号 | 125期号:15 |
英文摘要 | Observing the planet at global scale, twice a day, and measuring the whole infrared atmospheric spectrum (8,461 channels at 0.50 cm−1 resolution), Infrared Atmospheric Sounder Interferometer (IASI)/METOP can concurrently detect clouds, determine the 3-D atmospheric structure (temperature, water vapor, ozone, etc.), surface properties (emissivity and temperature), as well as dust aerosol AOD and altitude. Observing morning (0930 hr) and nighttime (2130 hr), IASI is in relatively good phase with the most frequent times of occurrence of the main Saharan dust uplift mechanisms reported in the literature. Here we classify IASI dust observations according to both the dust loading (AOD) and the dust layer height, providing a more comprehensive picture of dust characteristics. This classification is analyzed at daily scale and its capability to detect dust uplift events is evaluated through comparisons with results from the particularly well documented June 2011 Fennec campaign. Then, a Dust Emission Index (DEI), specific to IASI, is constructed by selecting AOD-altitude bins with largest AODs and smallest altitudes likely indicative of freshly emitted dust. Applying this to the 12-year 2007–2018 period, we determine climatological DEI maps and comparisons are made with other equivalent existing results derived from ground-based or other satellite observations. Results of these comparisons demonstrate the capability of IASI to document the dust distribution over the whole Earth desert areas over a long period of time. The present approach is also suitable to the processing of the at least hourly observations of the coming Infrared Sounder instrument (IRS), planned on board Meteosat Third Generation (2021). ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
英文关键词 | diurnal cycle; dust aerosol; IASI |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/185876 |
作者单位 | Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, UMR8539, CNRS/IPSL, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, France; Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chédin A.,Capelle V.,Scott N.A.,et al. Contribution of IASI to the Observation of Dust Aerosol Emissions (Morning and Nighttime) Over the Sahara Desert[J],2020,125(15). |
APA | Chédin A.,Capelle V.,Scott N.A.,&Todd M.C..(2020).Contribution of IASI to the Observation of Dust Aerosol Emissions (Morning and Nighttime) Over the Sahara Desert.Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,125(15). |
MLA | Chédin A.,et al."Contribution of IASI to the Observation of Dust Aerosol Emissions (Morning and Nighttime) Over the Sahara Desert".Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125.15(2020). |
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