Assimilating MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Observations to Assess the Impact of Saharan Mineral Dust on the Genesis and Evolution of Hurricane Ernesto (2006)

Kenneth S Earl1, Shu-Hua Chen2, Zhiquan Liu3 and Hui-Chuan Lin3, (1)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (2)University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Division, Boulder, CO, United States