Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 42, Issue 11, Pages 2668-2681Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.062
Keywords
Lidar; aerosol properties; backscatter coefficient; aerosol depolarization ratio; Saharan dust
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Measurements during Saharan dust transport events have been performed at the Andalusian Centre for Environmental Studies (CEAMA) (37.16 degrees N, 3.58 degrees W, 680 m a.s.l.), located in the city of Granada (south-eastern Iberian Peninsula). During 2005, as many as 22 dust outbreaks took place over the study area in south-eastern Spain. The arrival of Saharan air masses induced sharp changes in the background aerosol optical depth (AOD) and the Angstrom exponent during the analysed events. This fact, in addition to a back-trajectory analysis, identified the Saharan dust events. In order to improve knowledge of Saharan dust over the southern Iberian Peninsula, vertical characterization of temporal evolutions has been performed in terms of the backscatter coefficient, aerosol depolarization ratio and colour ratio. Two severe events in July 2005 have been selected for detailed analysis. Both events lasted several days, allowing the characterization of the evolution of the dust layers over our station. The impact of Saharan dust outbreaks has been followed with the Lidar, and their effects at the surface have been determined in the air quality network of the regional government. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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