DUST

Case description

Real case of Saharan dust episode. Uses native dust module for mineral dust aerosol simulation and transport from Saharan region.

Configuration

Steps

Step

Script

001_pgd

run_pgd

002_prep_real

run_prep_real_case

003_run

run_mesonh

Specificities

Scientific specificities - Saharan dust transport - 3 dust modes - Dust sedimentation

Technical specificities - Daily analysis coupling - 5-day simulation period

Validation

  • AOD measurements

  • Dust concentrations

Numerical ressources

1 node, 16 cores (MPI parallel)

References

  • Saharan dust observations