Consistency of dimensional distributions and refractive indices of desert dust measured over Lampedusa with IASI radiances

Liuzzi, Giuliano; Masiello, Guido; Serio, Carmine; Meloni, Daniela; Di Biagio, Claudia; Formenti, Paola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-599-2017

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23 Feb 2017

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Consistency of dimensional distributions and refractive indices of desert dust measured over Lampedusa with IASI radiances

Giuliano Liuzzi, Guido Masiello, Carmine Serio, Daniela Meloni, Claudia Di Biagio, and Paola Formenti

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Supplementary data to the paper "Consistency of dimensional distributions and refractive indices of desert dust measured over Lampedusa with IASI radiances" Giuliano Liuzzi https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313847146_Supplementary_data_to_the_paper_Consistency_of_dimensional_distributions_and_refractive_indices_of_desert_dust_measured_over_Lampedusa_with_IASI_radiances_Atmos_Meas_Tech_in_press

Short summary

In this work we have given a contribution to better understand some of the properties of the desert dust plumes in the western Mediterranean, using both direct measurements and satellite observations. This study has mainly evidenced that satellite observations can provide information about the geographical provenance of dust. This is important because such variability is reflected in the way in which dust interacts with atmosphere and impacts over the observed infrared radiation from satellites.