Evaluation of the NASA GEOS-5 Earth System Model Simulated Dust Distributions in the Middle East and North Africa

Adriana Rocha Lima1,2, Peter Richard Colarco2, Anton Darmenov2, Edward P Nowottnick3, Arlindo daSilva4 and Clark j Weaver2, (1)University of Maryland Baltimore County, (UMBC/JCET), Baltimore, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States