Dust Influences in the Eastern Mediterranean: Multi-scale Assimilation of MODIS AOD

Burcu Kabatas1, Alper Unal2, R Bradley Pierce3, Marek Rogal4, Todd Schaack1 and Allen Lenzen1, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, (3)NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Application and Research, Madison, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States