Author(s): Guerrero Rascado, Juan Luis ; Costa, Maria João ; Sicard, Michael ; Gómez-Amo, J. L. ; Benavent-Oltra, J. A. ; Román, R. ; Bortoli, Daniele ; Marcos, C. ; Ortiz-Amezcua, P. ; Cazorla, A. ; Comerón, A. ; Muñoz- Porcar, C. ; Rodríguez, A. ; Alados-Arboledas, L.
Date: 2018
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22034
Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
Subject(s): lidar; desert dust
An unusual Saharan dust outbreak occurred on 20-24 February 2016 over the Iberian Peninsula. This work focuses on the particle vertical distribution investigated at four EARLINET AERONET stations: Granada, Évora, Burjassot and Barcelona. This event was exceptional because: (i) Saharan dust outbreaks over the Iberian Peninsula are atypical during wintertime,(ii) the aerosol optical depth reached high values (up to 0.87 at 500 nm over Granada), and (iii) the dust vertical extension was confined to low altitudes.
