@article{fdi:010053737,
  title = {{S}imulation of the mineral dust content over {W}estern {A}frica from the event to the annual scale with the {CHIMERE}-{DUST} model},
  author = {{S}chmechtig, {C}. and {M}articorena, {B}. and {C}hatenet, {B}. and {B}ergametti, {G}. and {R}ajot, {J}ean-{L}ouis and {C}oman, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he chemistry and transport model {CHIMERE}-{DUST} have been used to simulate the mineral dust cycle over the {S}ahara in 2006. {S}urface measurements deployed during the {AMMA} field campaign allow to test the capability of the model to correctly reproduce the atmospheric dust load and surface concentrations from the daily to the seasonal time-scale. {T}he simulated monthly mean {A}erosol {O}ptical {D}epths ({AOD}) and surface concentrations are significantly correlated with the measured ones. {T}he simulated daily concentrations and hourly {AOD} are in the same range of magnitude than the observed ones despite relatively high simulated dust emissions. {T}he level of agreement between the simulations and the observations has been quantified at different time scales using statistical parameters classically used to evaluate air quality models. {T}he capability of the model to reproduce the altitude of the dust transport was tested for two contrasted cases of low and high altitude transport. {T}hese results highlight the sensitivity of the simulations to the surface winds used as external forcing and the necessity to further constrain the dust mass budget at the regional scale.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}tmospheric {C}hemistry and {P}hysics},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {14},
  pages = {7185--7207},
  ISSN = {1680-7316},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.5194/acp-11-7185-2011},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053737},
}