Control of the Dust Vertical Distribution over Western Africa by Convection and Scavenging  

作　　者：H.Senghor R.Pilon B.Diallo J.Escribano F.Hourdin J.Y.Grandpeix O.Boucher M.Gueye A.T.Gaye E.Machu 

机构地区：[1]National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology,PO BOX 8184,Senegal [2]Laboratory for Atmospheric-Oceanic Physics-Simeon Fongang,Cheikh Anta Diop University,Dakar,10700,Senegal [3]Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology(LMD),CNRS/IPSL/UMPC,Paris,75231,France [4]Atmospheric Composition Group,Barcelona Supercomputing Center(BSC),Barcelona,08034,Spain [5]Spatial and Physical Oceanography Laboratory(LOPS),Brest University,CNRS,IRD,Plouzane,29280,France [6]Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,University of Sine Saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niasse,PO BOX 55,Kaolack,Senegal

出　　处：《Journal of Atmospheric Science Research》2024年第1期19-39,共21页大气科学研究（英文）

基　　金：The authors wish to thank the Ecosystem Approach to the management of fisheries and the marine environment in the West African Waters(AWA)project.They also acknowledge support from the international joint laboratory ECLAIRS.The Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique(LMD)and the Global Challenges Research Fund(GCRF)African Science for Weather Information and Techniques(SWIFT)Programme.NASA,CNES,and ICARE are acknowledged for providing access to CALIOP and Sun photometer AERONET data.

摘　　要：Saharan dust represents more than 50%of the total desert dust emitted around the globe and its radiative effect significantly affects the atmospheric circulation at a continental scale.Previous studies on dust vertical distribution and the Saharan Air Layer(SAL)showed some shortcomings that could be attributed to imperfect representation of the effects of deep convection and scavenging.The authors investigate here the role of deep convective transport and scavenging on the vertical distribution of mineral dust over Western Africa.Using multi-year(2006-2010)simulations performed with the variable-resolution(zoomed)version of the LMDZ climate model.Simulations are compared with aerosol amounts recorded by the Aerosol Robotic Network(AERONET)and with vertical profiles of the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization(CALIOP)measurements.LMDZ allows a thorough examination of the respective roles of deep convective transport,convective and stratiform scavenging,boundary layer transport,and advection processes on the vertical mineral dust distribution over Western Africa.The comparison of simulated dust Aerosol Optical Depth(AOD)and distribution with measurements suggest that scavenging in deep convection and subsequent re-evaporation of dusty rainfall in the lower troposphere are critical processes for explaining the vertical distribution of desert dust.These processes play a key role in maintaining a well-defined dust layer with a sharp transition at the top of the SAL and in establishing the seasonal cycle of dust distribution.This vertical distribution is further reshaped offshore in the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone(ITCZ)over the Atlantic Ocean by marine boundary layer turbulent and convective transport and wet deposition at the surface.

关 键 词：DUST Vertical distribution SAHARA SAHEL West Africa Climate model CONVECTION SCAVENGING ITCZ 

分 类 号：X51[环境科学与工程—环境工程]