Articles | Volume 15, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12231-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12231-2015
Research article
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04 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2015

The radiative impact of desert dust on orographic rain in the Cévennes–Vivarais area: a case study from HyMeX

C. Flamant, J.-P. Chaboureau, P. Chazette, P. Di Girolamo, T. Bourrianne, J. Totems, and M. Cacciani

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We analyze the direct radiative impact of an intense African dust plume on orographic precipitation in the western Mediterranean in the fall of 2012 using high-resolution simulations from a convection permitting mesoscale model validated against measurements acquired during the first special observation period of HyMeX. We show that the dust's direct radiative effect in such a dynamical environment is not sufficient to impact 24h of accumulated rainfall over the Cevennes in the dust simulation.
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