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

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Goals

SALTRACE is proposed to characterize the aerosol, in particular aged mineral dust, in the atmospheric column over the tropical North Atlantic (Barbados area) and to study aerosol-cloud interactions in this region. The overall objectives of SALTRACE are:

  • Study of the long-range transport of Saharan dust and other particles (e.g. biomass burning smoke) from western Africa to the Caribbean with emphasis on aerosol aging (by cloud processes, chemical reactions), particle mixing effects, and dust removal processes
  • Characterization of the physical, chemical/mineralogical, optical, radiative and cloud-formation-relevant properties of aged Saharan dust.
  • Impact of aged dust and other aerosols on radiative transfer and cloud evolution processes.

Within the overall framework of SALTRACE, the most important scientific questions addressed by SALTRACE-Falcon are:

  • How do the properties of mineral dust change during transport across the Atlantic Ocean? (aging & mixing)
  • How do these changes impact on the radiation balance?
  • How efficient is dust deposition during transport across the Atlantic Ocean?
  • How does cloud processing change the observed aerosol properties? (CCN-activation, coating thickness)
  • How can we derive aerosol information from airborne wind lidar measurements?

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