Trans-Atlantic Dust Transport and Deposition: An Evaluation of GEOS-5 Model with Satellite and Aircraft Observations

Hongbin Yu1, Mian Chin1, Qian Tan2, Zhibo Zhang3, Dongchul Kim1, Tianle Yuan4, Xiaohua Pan5, Arlindo da SIlva1, Claire L Ryder6, Ali H Omar7 and David M Winker7, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Physics, Baltimore, MD, United States, (4)Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Baltimore, MD, United States, (5)NASA GSFC/GES DISC, Greenbelt, United States, (6)University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom, (7)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States