OBSERVING MINERAL DUST IN NORTHERN AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE: CURRENT CAPABILITIES AND CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUST SERVICES
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Data publicació2023
EditorAmerican Meteorological Society (AMS)
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Abstract
Mineral dust produced by wind erosion of arid and semi-arid surfaces is a major
component of atmospheric aerosol that affects climate, weather, ecosystems, and
socio-economic sectors such as human health, transportation, solar energy, and air
quality. Understanding these effects and ultimately improving the resilience of affected
countries requires a reliable, dense, and diverse set of dust observations, fundamental
for the development and the provision of skillful dust forecasts tailored products. The
last decade has seen a notable improvement of dust observational capabilities in terms
of considered parameters, geographical coverage, and delivery times, as well as of
tailored products of interest to both the scientific community and the various end-users.
Given this progress, here we review the current state of observational capabilities
including in-situ, ground-based and satellite remote sensing observations, in Northern
Africa, the Middle East and Europe for the provision of dust information considering
the needs of various users. We also critically discuss observational gaps and related
unresolved questions while providing suggestions for overcoming the current
limitations. Our review aims to be a milestone for discussing dust observational gaps
at a global level to address the needs of users, from research communities to nonscientific stakeholders
CitacióMona, L. [et al.]. OBSERVING MINERAL DUST IN NORTHERN AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE: CURRENT CAPABILITIES AND CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUST SERVICES. "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS)", 2023,
ISSN1520-0477
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