News
Overview paper published
The early online release of the SALTRACE overview paper is now available via the BAMS journal homepage.
Dec 2016
New publications
Check out recent SALTRACE publications on out Publications page.
Jul 2016
New publications
Check out recent SALTRACE publications on out Publications page.
Jul 2016
SALTRACE@DUST2016
Session MF09 - Atmospheric Transport and Modification of Mineral Dust.
See DUST2016 Website for details.
11 Mar 2016
4th SALTRACE Workshop
Our 4th workshop was be held at DLR (Oberpfaffenhofen) from Nov 30 to Dec 1,
2015.
1 Dec 2015
SALTRACE
Special Issue
We are pleased to inform you that AMT and ACP have approved our proposal for a joint Inter-Journal Special Issue about SALTRACE. As of today, manuscripts can be submitted by using the online registration forms on the ACP and AMT websites. The SALTRACE Special Issue is open until 28 February 2017. 16 Feb 2015
SALTRACE at EGU 2015
Please note the session at the EGU General Assembly 2015 in Vienna Intercontinental transport of mineral dust across the Atlantic Ocean where various groups will present first data and results from SALTRACE.19 Jan 2015
3rd SALTRACE workshop
The 3rd SALTRACE data workshop was held on Feb 24 and 25, 2015 at the LMU in Munich. 25 Feb 2015
2nd SALTRACE workshop
Our second SALTRACE workshop was held in Leipzig from May 27 to 28th to exchange first results of the SALTRACE data analysis between the different groups. 30 May 2014
Welcome to the SALTRACE website
The SALTRACE initiative
SALTRACE, the Saharan Aerosol Long-range Transport and Aerosol-Cloud-Interaction Experiment, is a German initiative which combines ground-based and airborne in-situ and lidar measurements with meteorological data, long-term measurements, satellite remote sensing and modeling to investigate the long-range transport of Saharan mineral dust across the Atlantic Ocean into the Caribbean. SALTRACE continues the work started with the Saharan Mineral dust Experiment (SAMUM; 2004-2011) and will help to close open gaps in our understanding of mineral dust in the climate system. Many of the forthcoming publications using SALTRACE data will be collected in the AMT/ACP special issue 382.
Recent SALTRACE publications
SALTRACE Overview paper in BAMS published
The SALTRACE overview paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society is now available in early online release:
Weinzierl et al (2016), DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00142.1
The SALTRACE field experiment
After 5 weeks of intensive measurements, the SALTRACE field experiment ended on 15 July 2013. We were very lucky with the weather and studied mineral dust from several dust outbreaks with the DLR research aircraft Falcon between Senegal and Florida. On the eastern side of the Atlantic, dust plumes extended up to about 6 km altitude, while the dust layers in the Caribbean were mainly below 4.5 km. Highlights during SALTRACE included the sampling of a dust plume in the Cape Verde area on 17 June which was again measured with the same instrumentation on 21 and 22 June near Barbados. The event was also captured by the ground-based lidar and in-situ instrumentation. Another highlight was the formation of tropical storm Chantal in the dusty environment.