April 2008 Saharan dust event: Its contribution to PM10 concentrations over the Anatolian Peninsula and relation with synoptic conditions

B. Kabatas; R. B. Pierce; A. Unal; M. J. Rogal; A. Lenzen

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.150

April 2008 Saharan dust event: Its contribution to PM₁₀ concentrations over the Anatolian Peninsula and relation with synoptic conditions

B. Kabatas^*, R. B. Pierce, A. Unal, M. J. Rogal, A. Lenzen

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Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

An online-coupled regional Weather Research and Forecasting model with chemistry (WRF-Chem) is utilized incorporating 0.1° × 0.1° spatial resolution HTAP (Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution) anthropogenic emissions to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of a Saharan dust outbreak, which contributed to high levels (>50 μg/m³) of daily PM₁₀ concentrations over Turkey in April 2008. Aerosol optical depth and cloud optical thickness retrievals from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on board of Aqua satellite are used to better analyze the synoptic conditions that generated the dust outbreak in April 2008. A “Sharav” low pressure system, which transports the dust from Saharan source region over Turkey along the cold front, tends to move faster in WRF-Chem simulations than observed. This causes the predicted dust event to arrive earlier than observed leading to an overestimation of surface PM₁₀ concentrations in WRF-Chem simulation at the beginning of the event.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	317-328
Number of pages	12
Journal	Science of the Total Environment
Volume	633
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.150
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2018

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Funding

We would like to thank Liam E. Gumley for his support. This study was supported in part by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) project NNG15HZ38C and TUBITAK ( Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey ) grant number 111G037 . The views, opinions, and findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or U.S. Government position, policy, or decision.

Funders	Funder number
TUBITAK
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NNG15HZ38C
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu	111G037

Keywords

Air quality
Eastern Mediterranean
HTAP
Saharan dust
WRF-Chem

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