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Aircraft Flight Data Analysis for DABEX in Niger and Nigeria

This study focuses on analyzing aircraft flight data from the DABEX campaign in Niger and Nigeria, highlighting case studies on fresh vs. aged biomass burning aerosol, dust and biomass burning aerosol mixtures, north-south transition of dust-biomass burning, and mixed column analysis.

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Aircraft Flight Data Analysis for DABEX in Niger and Nigeria

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  1. DABEXAircraft flight summary

  2. Flight summary table

  3. Profiles near Niamey throughout DABEX

  4. DABEX satellite overpasses B156 B157 B158 B159 B160 B164 B161 B162 B163 B165 B166 B167

  5. B156 13/01 B157 16/01 B158 17/01 B159 19/01 B160 21/01 B161 23/01 B162 24/01 B163 26/01 Niger B164 28/01 B165 30/01 B166 1/01 B167 2/02 Banizoumbou Niamey Djougou Nigeria Ilorin Benin

  6. Examples of flight data

  7. DABEX B158: aircraft nephelometer scattering over AERONET sites P1: Niamey P12: Ilorin tsca l=0.55= 0.48 tsca l=0.55= 1.32 aged biomass burning young biomass burning dust & biomass

  8. B161: biomass burning and dust aerosols

  9. DABEX B161: dust and biomass burning aerosol P10: trace gases P10: neph scattering tsca l=0.55= 0.42 CO O3 aged biomass burning mineral dust

  10. B166 1st February: fire hunting over west Nigeria

  11. MODIS Aqua 1km, B166 1st February (fire hunting)

  12. Wing-mounted PCASP size distributions

  13. ORBITS Sun Aerosol layer CIMELS sun-photometer Surface

  14. Short-wave radiometer measurements

  15. Highlighting case studies

  16. Focus for aircraft data analysis… • Fresh vs. aged biomass burning aerosol (in-situ) • Dust and biomass burning aerosol mixtures (in-situ) • Dust-biomass burning north-south transition (in-situ, radiation) • Dust-biomass burning mixed column (radiation)

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