Saharan Dust Effects on North Atlantic Sea-Surface Skin Temperatures

Luo, Bingkun; Minnett, Peter J.; Zuidema, Paquita; Nalli, Nicholas R.; Akella, Santha

doi:10.1029/2021jc017282

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Saharan Dust Effects on North Atlantic Sea-Surface Skin Temperatures

2021
By Luo, Bingkun ; Minnett, Peter J. ; Zuidema, Paquita ; ...

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Journal Title:

Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans
Personal Author:

Luo, Bingkun ; Minnett, Peter J. ; Zuidema, Paquita ; Nalli, Nicholas R. ; Akella, Santha
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NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; STAR (Center for Satellite Applications and Research) ; JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite System Program Office) ; NCAS (Center for Atmospheric Science at Howard University)
Description:

Saharan dust outbreaks frequently propagate westward over the Atlantic Ocean; accurate quantification of the dust aerosol scattering and absorption effect on the surface radiative fluxes (SRF) is fundamental to understanding critical climate feedbacks. By exploiting large sets of measurements from many ship campaigns in conjunction with reanalysis products, this study characterizes the sensitivity of the SRF and skin Sea-Surface Temperature (SSTskin) to the Saharan dust aerosols using models of the atmospheric radiative transfer and thermal skin effect.
Keywords:

AEROSE Atlantic Ocean NOAA Educational Partnership Program Skin Sea Surface Temperature Response Surface Radiation
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2021JC017282
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jc017282
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Journal Article
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Grant no. NA17AE1625 ; Grant no. NA17AE1623
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