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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schepanski

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Institut für Meteorologie

Leiterin der AG Strahlung & Fernerkundung

Adresse
Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10
Raum 163
12165 Berlin
Telefon
+49 30 838 60 650
E-Mail
kerstin.schepanski@fu-berlin.de

Kurzbiographie:

Seit April 2021: Professur für Strahlung und Fernerkundung von Atmosphären, Institut für Meteorologie, Freie Universität Berlin

2015-2021: Privatdozentin, Institut für Meteorologie, Universität Leipzig

2015-2021: Forschungsgruppenleiterin, Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig

2013-2021: Wissenschaftlerin am Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig

2009-2013: Post-Doc an der School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

2006-2009: Doktorandin am Leibniz Institut für Meeresforschung, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, und Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig

2006: Diplom in Meteorologie, Universität Kiel

Forschungsschwerpunkte:

  • Aerosole
  • Mineralstaub
  • Satellitenfernerkundung
  • Aerosol-Atmosphärenmodelle

Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte:

  1. Chappell, A., N. P. Webb, M. Hennen, K. Schepanski, P. Ciais, Y. Balkanski, C. S. Zender, I. Tegen, Z. Zeng, D. Tong, B. Baker, M. Ekström, M. Baddock, F. D. Eckardt, T. Kandakji, J. A. Lee, M. Nobakht, J. von Holdt, J. F. Leys (2023), Satellites reveal Earth’s seasonally shifting dust emission sources, Science of the Total Environment, 883, 163452, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163452

  2. Tong, D., I. Feng, T. E. Gill, K. Schepanski, J. Wang (2023), How Many People Were Killed by Windblown Dust Events in the United States? Bull. American Meteorol. Soc., 104(5), E1067-1084, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0186.1

  3. K. Schepanski (2023), Where dirty air is most dangerous, Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 243, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00895-2
  4. Bartkowski, B., K. Schepanski, S. Bredenbeck, and B. Müller (2022), Wind erosion in European agricultural landscapes: More than physics, People and Nature, doi:10.1002/pan3.10418
  5. Banks, J.R., B. Heinold, K. Schepanski (2022), Impacts of the Desiccation of the Aral Sea on the Central Asian Dust Life-Cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 127, e2022JD036618, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036618
  6. Heinold, B., H. Baars, B. Barja, M. Christensen, A. Kubin, K. Ohneiser, K. Schepanski, N. Schutgens, F. Senf, R. Schrödner, D. Villanueva, I. Tegen (2022), Important role of stratospheric injection height for the distribution and radiative forcing of smoke aerosol from the 2019-2022 Australian wildfires, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 9969-9985, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9969-2022
  7. Meinander, O., P. Dagsson-Waldhauserova, P. Amosov, E. Aseyeva, C. Atkins, A. Baklanov, C. Baldo, S. L. Barr, B. Barzycka, L. G. Benning, B. Cvetkovic, P. Enchilik, D. Frolov, S. Gassó, K. Kandler, N. Kasimov, J. Kavan, J. King, T. Koroleva, V. Krupskaya, M. Kulmala, M. Kusiak, H. K. Lappalainen, M. Laska, J. Lasne, M. Lewandowski, B. Luks, J. B. McQuaid, B. Moroni, B. Murray, O. Möhler, A. Nawrot, S. Nickovic, N. T. O’Neill, G. Pejanovic, O. Popovicheva, K. Ranjbar, M. Romanias, O. Samonova, A. Sanchez-Marroquin, K. Schepanski, I. Semenkov, A. Sharapova, E. Shevnina, Z. Shi, M. Sofiev, F. Thevenet, T. Thorsteinsson, M. Timofeev, N. S. Umo, A. Uppstu, D. Urupina, G. Varga, T. Werner, O. Arnalds, A. Vukovic Vimic (2022), Newly identified climatically and environmentally significant high-latitude dust sources, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 11889-11930, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11889-2022
  8. Münch, S., N. Papke, M. Leue, M. Faust, K. Schepanski, P. Siller, U. Roesler, U. Nübel, T. Kabelitz, T. Amon, R. Funk (2022), Differences in the sediment composition of wind eroded sandy soils before and after fertilization with poultry manure, Soil and Tillage Research, 215, 105205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.105205 

  9. Wagner, R., K. Schepanski, M. Klose (2021), The Dust Emission Potential of Agricultural-Like Fires - Theoretical Estimates From Two Conceptually Different Dust Emission Parameterizations, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JD034355, doi:10.1029/2020JD034355

  10. Dean, J., A. Kiendler-Scharr, N. Mengis, Y. Rudich, K. Schepanski, R. Zimmermann (2021), Above us only sky, Nature Communications Earth & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00245-0

  11. Hamilton, D. S., M. M. G. Perron, T. C. Bond, A. R. Bowie, R. R. Bucholz, C. Guieu, A. Ito, W. Maenhaut, D. Rathod, K. Schepanski, A. Tagliabue, R. Wagner, N. M. Mahowald (2021), Earth, Wind, Fire and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeogchemistry, Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 14(11), 1-28, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-031921-013612

  12. Faust, M., R. Wolke, S. Münch, R. Funk, and K. Schepanski (2021), A new Lagrangian in-time particle simulation module (Itpas v1) for atmospheric particle dispersion, Geosci. Model Dev.,14, 2205-2220, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2205-2021

  13. Fentrup, M., N. Thiel, V. Junker, W. Behrens, S. Münch, P. Siller, T. Kabelitz, M. Faust, A. Indra, S. Baumgartner, K. Schepanski, B. Amon, U. Roesler, R. Funk, U. Nübel (2021), Agricultural fertilization with poultry manure results in persistent environmental contamination with pathogen Clostridioides difficile, Environmental Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15601

  14. Vandenbussche, S., S. Callewaert, K. Schepanski, and M. De Mazière (2020), North African mineral dust sources: new insights from a combined analysis based on 3D dust aerosols distributions, surface winds and ancillary soil parameters, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15127–15146, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15127-2020

  15. Thiel, N. S. Münch, W. Behrens, V. Junker, M. Faust, O. Biniasch, T. Kabelitz, P. Siller, C. Boedeker, P. Schumann, U. Roesler, T. Amon, K. Schepanski, R. Funk, U. Nübel (2020), Airborne bacterial emission fluxes from manure-fertilized agricultural soil, Microbial Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13632

  16. Pfrommer, E., C. Dreier, G. Gabriel, T. Dallenga, R. Reimer, K. Schepanski, R. Scherließ, U. E. Schaible, and T. Gutsmann (2020), Enhanced tenacity of mycobacterial aerosols from necrotic neutrophils, Scientific Reports, 10, 9159, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65781-9

  17. Villanueva, D., and K. Schepanski (2019), Investigation of atmospheric conditions fostering the spreading of Legionnaires’ disease in outbreaks related to cooling towers, Int. J. Biometeorol., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-019-01751-9

  18. Banks, J. R., A. Hünerbein, B. Heinold, H. E. Brindley, H. Deneke, and K. Schepanski (2019), The sensitivity of the colour of dust in MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared composite imagery to surface and atmospheric conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6893-6911, doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6893-2019

  19. Formenti, P., B. D’Anna, C. Flamant, M. Mallet, S.J. Piketh, K. Schepanski, F. Waquet, F. Auriol, G. Brogniez, F. Burnet, J. Chaboureau, A. Chauvigné, P. Chazette, C. Denjean, K. Desboeufs, J. Doussin, N. Elguindi, S. Feuerstein, M. Gaetani, C. Giorio, D. Klopper, M.D. Mallet, P. Nabat, A. Monod, F. Solmon, A. Namwoonde, C. Chikwililwa, R. Mushi, E.J. Welton, and B. Holben (2019): The Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in southern Africa (AEROCLO-sA) field campaign in Namibia: overview, illustrative observations and way forward, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 0, doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0278.1

  20. Feuerstein, S. and K. Schepanski (2019), Identification of Dust Sources in a Saharan Dust Hot-Spot and Their Implementation in a Dust-Emission Model, Remote Sen., 11, 4, doi.org/10.3390/rs11010004

  21. Wagner, R., M. Jähn, and K. Schepanski (2018), Wildfires as a source of airborne mineral dust – revisiting a conceptual model using large-eddy simulation (LES), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 11863-11884,  doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11863-2018

  22. Schepanski, K. (2018), Transport of Mineral Dust and Its Impact on Climate, Geosciences, 8(5), 151, doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8050151

  23. Chappell, A., J. A. Lee, M. Baddock, T. E. Gill, J. E. Herrick, J. F. Leys, B. Marticorena, L. Petherick, K. Schepanski, J. Tatarko, M. Telfer, N. P. Webb (2018), A clarion call for aeolian research to engage with global land degradation and climate change, Aeolian Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2018.02.007

  24. Banks, J. R., K. Schepanski, B. Heinold, A. Hünerbein, and H. E. Brindley (2018), The influence of dust optical properties on the colour of simulated MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared imagery, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 9681-9703, doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9681-2018

  25. Tegen, I., and K. Schepanski (2018), Climate Feedback on Aerosol Emission and Atmospheric Concentrations, Current Climate Change Reports, doi.org/10.1007/s40641-018-0086-1

  26. Schepanski, K., B. Heinold, and I. Tegen (2017), Harmattan, Saharan heat low and West African Monsoon circulation: Modulations on the Saharan dust outflow towards the north Atlantic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 10223-10243, doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10223-2017

  27. Weinzierl, B., A. Ansmann, J. Prospero, D. Althausen, N. Benker, F. Chouza, M. Dollner, D. Farrell, W. Fomba, V. Freudenthaler, J. Gasteiger, S. Groß, M. Haarig, B. Heinold, K. Kandler, T. Kristensen, O. Mayol-Bracero, T. Müller, O. Reitebuch, D. Sauer, A. Schäfler, K. Schepanski, A. Spanu, I. Tegen, C. Toledano, and A. Walser (2017), The Saharan Aerosol Long-range Transport and Aerosol-Cloud-Interaction Experiment (SALTRACE): overview and selected highlights, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98(7), 1-25, doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00142.1

  28. Zielhofer, C., H. von Suchodoletz, W. J. Fletcher, B. Schneider, E. Dietze, M. Schlegel, K. Schepanski, B. Weninger, S. Mischke, and A. Mikdad (2017), Millennial-scale fluctuations in Saharan dust supply across the decline of the African Humid Period, Quat. Sci. Rev., 171,119-135, doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.010

  29. Banks, J. R., H. E. Brindley, G. Stenchikov, and K. Schepanski (2017), Satellite retrievals of dust aerosol over the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (2005–2015), 2005-2015, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 3987-4003, doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3987-2017

  30. Schepanski, K., M. Mallet, B. Heinold, and M. Ulrich (2016), North African dust transport toward the western Mediterranean basin: Atmospheric controls on dust source activation and transport pathways during June-July 2013, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 14147-14168, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14147-2016

  31. Granados-Muñoz, M. J., F. Navas-Guzmán, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, I. Binietoglou, S. N. Pereira, S. Basart, J. M. Baldasano, L. Belegante, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comerón, G. D'Amico, O. Dubovik, L. Ilic, P. Kokkalis, C. Muñoz-Porcar, S. Nickovic, D. Nicolae, F. J. Olmo, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, A. Rodríguez, K. Schepanski, M. Sicard, A. Vukovic, U. Wandinger, F. Dulac, and L. Alados-Arboledas (2016), Profiling of aerosol microphysical properties at several EARLINET/AERONET sites during July 2012 ChArMEx/EMEP campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 7043-7066, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7043-2016

  32. Chaboureau, J.-P., C. Flamant, T. Dauhut, C. Kocha, J.-P. Lafore, C. Lavaysse, F. Marnas, M. Mokhtari, J. Pelon, I. Reinares Martínez, K. Schepanski, and P. Tulet (2016), Fennec dust forecast intercomarison over the Sahara in June 2011, Atmos. Chem. Phys.,  16, 6977-6995, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6977-2016

  33. Wagner, R., K. Schepanski, B. Heinold, and I. Tegen (2016), Interannual variability in the Saharan dust source activation - Toward understanding the difference between 2007 and 2008, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024302

  34. Heinold, B., I. Tegen, K. Schepanski, and J. R. Banks (2016), New developments in the representation of Saharan dust sources in the aerosol-climate model ECHAM6-HAM2, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 765-777, doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-765-2016

  35. Mallet, M., F. Dulac, P. Formenti, P. Nabat, J. Sciare, G. Roberts, J. Pelon, G. Ancellet, D.Tanré, F. Parol, A. di Sarra, L. Alados, J. Arndt, F. Auriol, L. Blarel, T. Bourrianne, G.Brogniez, P. Chazette, S. Chevaillier, M. Claeys, B. D'Anna, C. Denjean, Y. Derimian,K. Desboeufs, T. Di Iorio, J.-F. Doussin, P. Durand, A. Feron, E. Freney, C. Gaimoz, P.Goloub, G. J. Gomez-Amo, M. Granados Muñoz, N. Grand, E. Hamonou, I. Jankowiak, M. Jeannot, J.-F. Léon, M. Maillé, S. Mailler, D. Meloni, L. Menut, G. Momboisse, J.Nicolas, T. Podvin, V. Pont, G. Rea, J.-B. Renard, L. Roblou, K. Schepanski, A. Schwarzenboeck, K. Sellegri, M. Sicard, F. Solmon, S. Somot, B. Torres, J. Totems, S. Triquet, N. Verdier, C. Verwaerde, J. Wenger, and P. Zapf (2016), Overview of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment/Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing on the Mediterranean Climate (ChArMEx/ADRIMED) summer 2013 campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 455-504, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-455-2016

  36.  Groß, S., V. Freudenthaler, K. Schepanski, C. Toledano, A. Schäfler, A. Ansmann, and B. Weinzierl (2015), Optical properties of long-range transported Saharan dust over Barbados as measured by dual-wavelength depolarization Raman lidar measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 11067-11080, doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11067-2015

  37. Schepanski, K., L. Klüser, B. Heinold, and I. Tegen (2015), Spatial and temporal correlation length as a measure for the stationarity of atmospheric dust aerosol distribution, Atmos. Env., 122, 10-21, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.034

  38. Ryder, C. L., J. B. McQuaid, C. Flamant, R. Washington, H. E. Brindley, E. J. Highwood, J. H. Marsham, D. J. Parker, M. C. Todd, J. R. Banks, J. K. Brooke, S. Engelstaedter, V. Estellés, P. Formenti, L. Garcia-Carreras, C. Kocha, F. Marenco, P. Rosenberg, H. Sodemann, C. J. T. Allen, A. Bourdon, M. Bart, C. Cavazos-Guerra, S. Chevaillier, J. Crosier, E. Darbyshire, A. R. Dean, J. R. Dorsey, J. Kent, D. O'Sullivan, K. Schepanski, K. Szpek, A. Woolley (2015), Advances in understanding mineral dust and boundary layer processes over the Sahara from Fennec aircraft observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 8479-8520, doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8479-2015

  39. Fiedler, S., P. Knippertz, S. Woodward, G. M. Martin, N. Bellouin, A. N. Ross, B. Heinold, K. Schepanski, C. E. Birch, and I. Tegen (2015), A process-based evaluation of dust-emitting winds in the CMIP5 simulation of HadGEM2-ES, Clim. Dyn., doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2635-9

  40. Evan, A. T., S. Fiedler, C. Zhao, L. Menut, K. Schepanski, C. Flamant, O. Doherty (2015), Derivation of an observation-based map of North African dust emission, Aeolian Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2015.01.001

  41. Schepanski, K., P. Knippertz, S. Fiedler, F. Timouk, J. Demarty (2015), The sensitivity of nocturnal low-level jets and near-surface winds over the Sahel to model resolution, initial conditions and boundary-layer set-up, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 141, 1442-1456, doi.org/10.1002/qj.2453

  42.  Fiedler, S., K. Schepanski, P. Knippertz, B. Heinold, and I. Tegen (2014), How important are atmospheric depressions and mobile cyclones for emitting mineral dust aerosol in North Africa?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 8983-9000, doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8983-2014

  43. Niedermeier, N., A. Held, T. Müller, B. Heinold, K. Schepanski, I. Tegen, K. Kandler, M. Ebert, S. Weinbruch, K. Read, J. Lee, K. W. Fomba, K. Müller, H. Herrmann, and A. Wiedensohler (2014), Mass deposition flux of Saharan mineral dust to the tropical northeast Atlantic Ocean: an intercomparison of methods, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 2245-2266, doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2245-2014

  44.  Schepanski, K., C. Flamant, J.-P. Chaboureau, C. Kocha, J. R. Banks, H. E. Brindley, C. Lavaysse, F. Marnas, J. Pelon, and P. Tulet (2013), Characterization of dust emission from alluvial sources using aircraft observations and high-resolution modeling, J. Geophy. Res., 118, 7237-7259, doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50538

  45. Fiedler, S., K. Schepanski, B. Heinold, P. Knippertz, and I. Tegen (2013), Climatology of nocturnal low-level jets over North Africa and implications for modeling mineral dust emission, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 6100-6121, doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50394

  46. Heinold, B., P. Knippertz, J. H. Marsham, S. Fiedler, N. S. Dixon, K. Schepanski, B. Laurent, and I. Tegen (2013), The role of deep convection and low-level jets for dust emission in summertime West Africa, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 4385-4400, doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50402

  47. Tegen, I., K. Schepanski, and B. Heinold (2013), Comparing two years of Saharan dust source activation obtained by regional modelling and satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 2381-2390, doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-2381-2013

  48.  Schepanski, K., T. J. Wright, and P. Knippertz (2012), Evidence for flash floods over deserts from loss of coherence in InSAR imagery, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D20101, doi.org/10.1029/2012JD017580

  49. Crouvi, O., K. Schepanski, R. Amit, A. Gillespie, and Y. Enzel (2012), Multiple dust sources in the Sahara Desert: The importance of sand dunes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L13401, doi.org/10.1029/2012GL052145

  50. Schepanski, K., I. Tegen, and A. Macke (2012), Satellite based observations of Saharan dust source areas - Comparison and variability, Rem. Sens. Environ., 123, 90-97, doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.019

  51. Schepanski, K., and P. Knippertz (2011), Soudano-Saharan Depressions and their importance for precipitation and dust: A new perspective on a classical synoptic concept, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 137(659), 1431-1445, doi.org/10.1002/qj.850

  52. Okin, G. S., J. E. Bullard, R. L. Reynolds, J.-A. C. Ballantine, K. Schepanski, M. C. Todd, J. Belnap, M. C. Baddock, T. E. Gill, and M. E. Miller (2011), Dust emissions: small-scale processes with global-scale consequences, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 92(29), 241-248, doi.org/10.1029/2011EO290001

  53. Heinold, B., I. Tegen, K. Schepanski, M. Tesche, M. Esselborn, V. Freudenthaler, S. Gross, K. Kandler, P. Knippertz, D. Müller, A. Schladitz, C. Toledano, B. Weinzierl, A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, T. Müller, A. Petzold, and A. Wiedensohler (2011), Regional modelling of Saharan dust and land fire smoke: Part I: Model description and evaluation, Tellus B, 63, 430-447, doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00570.x

  54. Johnson, B. T., M. E. Brooks, D. Walters, S. Woodward, S. Christopher, and K. Schepanski (2011), Assessment of the Met Office dust forecast model using observations from the GERBILS campaign, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 137(658), 1131-1148, doi.org/10.1002/qj.736

  55. Laurent, B., I. Tegen, B. Heinold, K. Schepanski, B. Weinzierl, and M. Esselborn (2010), A model study of Saharan dust emission and distribution during SAMUM-1 campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D21210, doi.org/10.1029/2009JD012995

  56. Washington, R., C. Bouet, G. Cautenet, E. Mackenzie, I. Ashpole, S. Engelstaedter, G. Lizcano, G. Henderson, K. Schepanski, and I. Tegen (2009), Dust as a Tipping element: The Bodélé Depression, Chad, PNAS, 106(49), doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0711850106

  57. Tegen, I., and K. Schepanski (2009), The global distribution of mineral dust, WMO/GEO Expert Meeting on an international sand and dust storm warning system, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environment Science, 7(1), doi.org/10.1088/1755-1307/7/1/012001

  58. Laurent, B., B. Marticorena, G. Bergametti, I. Tegen, K. Schepanski, and B. Heinold (2009), Modelling mineral dust emission, WMO/GEO Expert Meeting on an international sand and dust storm warning system, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environment Science, 7(1), doi.org/10.1088/1755-1307/7/1/012006

  59. Klüser, L., and K. Schepanski (2009), Remote sensing of mineral dust over land with MSG inferred channels: A new Bitemporal Mineral Dust Index, Remote Sens. Environ., 113, 9, doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.04.012

  60. Cavazos, C., M. C. Todd, and K. Schepanski (2009), Numerical model simulation of the Saharan dust event of 6-11 March 2006 using the Regional Climate Model version 3 (RegCM3), J. Geophys. Res., 114, D12109, doi.org/10.1029/2008JD011078

  61. Schepanski, K., I. Tegen, M. C. Todd, B. Heinold, G. Bönisch, B. Laurent, and A. Macke (2009), Meteorological processes forcing Saharan dust emission inferred from MSG-SEVIRI observations of sub-daily dust source activation and numerical models, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10201, doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010325

  62. Reinfried, F., I. Tegen, B. Heinold, O. Hellmuth, K. Schepanski, U. Cubasch, H. Huebener, and P. Knippertz (2009), Simulations of convectively-driven density currents in the Atlas region using a regional model: Impacts on dust emission and sensitivity to horizontal resolution and convection schemes, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08127, doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010844

  63. Schepanski, K., I. Tegen, and A. Macke (2009), Saharan dust transport and deposition towards the tropical northern Atlantic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1173-1189, doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-1173-2009

  64. Knippertz, P., A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, D. Müller, M. Tesche, E. Bierwirth, T. Dinter, T. Müller, W. von Hoyningen-Huene, K. Schepanski, M. Wendisch, B. Heinold, K. Kandler, A. Petzold, L. Schütz, and I. Tegen (2009), Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 - A meteorological overview, Tellus B, 61(1), 1231, doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00380.x

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