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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.12.009
	Atmospheric dynamics associated with exceptionally dusty conditions over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece in March 2018
	Kaskaoutis D.G.; Rashki A.; Dumka U.C.; Mofidi A.; Kambezidis H.D.; Psiloglou B.E.; Karagiannis D.; Petrinoli K.; Gavriil A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0169-8095
起始页码	269
结束页码	284
卷号	218
英文摘要	This study examines the atmospheric dynamics that facilitated frequent and intense dust storms over the eastern Mediterranean in March 2018 via the synergy of satellite observations, ground-based measurements and reanalysis. The negative NAO phase in March 2018 caused cold weather conditions over the central/west Europe and strengthened the temperature gradient between cold European and warm North-African air at all levels from the surface up to 300 hPa. Large negative mean sea-level pressure (MSLP) anomalies over the western Mediterranean and south Europe strengthened the sea-level pressure and geopotential-height gradients across the Mediterranean, resulting in intensification of the westerlies over the west/central Mediterranean and the development of the Sharav cyclones along the north African coast. In addition, enhanced south/southwesterlies dominated over the eastern Mediterranean, associated with cyclonic conditions and intense dust storms on several days in March 2018. These meteorological conditions resulted in an increase of ~0.3–0.4 in AOD (~100%) and ~200 μg m−3 in surface dust concentration over parts of the eastern Mediterranean, compared to the mean March climatology. The vertical aerosol profiles over the eastern Mediterranean show a large increase in the mean extinction coefficient (~200 Mm−1) due to dust loading at altitudes between ~1 and 4 km. The dust radiative impact caused a significant decrease (~−10 Wm−2) in the incoming solar radiation under clear skies and in the latent and sensible energy fluxes over the eastern Mediterranean in March 2018, thus modulating the radiation/energy budget. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Cyclones; Dust storms; East Mediterranean; March 2018; Meteorological dynamics; NAO
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Budget control; Dust; Dynamics; Sea level; Dust storm; East Mediterranean; Extinction coefficients; Ground based measurement; March 2018; Mean sea level pressures; Meteorological condition; Meteorological dynamics; Storms; aerosol; atmospheric dynamics; concentration (composition); cyclone; dust storm; energy flux; geopotential; meteorology; North Atlantic Oscillation; sea level pressure; westerly; Greece; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean Sea (East)
来源期刊	Atmospheric Research
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/162114
作者单位	Atmospheric Research Team, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, 11810, Greece; Department of Desert and Arid Zones Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 91735, Iran; Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, 263 001, India; Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 91735, Iran
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kaskaoutis D.G.,Rashki A.,Dumka U.C.,et al. Atmospheric dynamics associated with exceptionally dusty conditions over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece in March 2018[J],2019,218.
APA	Kaskaoutis D.G..,Rashki A..,Dumka U.C..,Mofidi A..,Kambezidis H.D..,...&Gavriil A..(2019).Atmospheric dynamics associated with exceptionally dusty conditions over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece in March 2018.Atmospheric Research,218.
MLA	Kaskaoutis D.G.,et al."Atmospheric dynamics associated with exceptionally dusty conditions over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece in March 2018".Atmospheric Research 218(2019).