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Table 11.1
Single-scattering albedo of mineral dust from recent campaigns and literature
Location/campaign
SSA (uncertainty)
Reference
Notes
Sahara/North
Africa
Morocco
(SAMUM)
0.8
Otto et al. (
2009
)
Full size distribution
SAMUM-1
0.82
Müller et al. (
2010
)
Full size distribution
SAMUM-1
0.9-0.95
Müller et al. (
2012
)
AERONET and
other, peak of
frequency
distribution
SAMUM-2 Cape
Ve r d e
0.96
Müller et al. (
2011
)
Cape Verde
Mauritania
(FENNEC
2011)
0.86-0.97
Ryder et al. (
2013
)
Full size distribution
Saharan dust
plume
0.75-0.96
Otto et al. (
2007
)
Full size distribution
Mauritania
(FENNEC
2011)
0.95-0.98
Ryder et al. (
2013
)
Nephelometer,
airborne
Niger (DABEX)
0.99 (0.02)
Osborne et al. (
2008
)
Nephelometer,
airborne
Senegal and
Mauritania
(DODO1)
0.99 (0.004)
McConnell et al. (
2008
)
Nephelometer,
airborne
SHADE
0.97 (0.02)
Osborne et al. (
2008
)
Nephelometer,
airborne
Eastern Atlantic
(NAMMA)
0.97 (0.02)
Chen et al. (
2011
)
Nephelometer,
airborne
North Africa and
Arabian
peninsula
0.9444 (0.005)
Kim et al. (
2011
)
AERONET
Mediterranean
0.85
Meloni et al. (
2006
)
Shadowband
radiometer
0.915
1
Sahara (5 stations)
C
Giles et al. (
2012
)
AERONET and
remote sensing
clustering
solar village
Sahara
(GERBILS)
0.92-0.99
Johnson and Osborne (
2011
)
Nephelometer,
airborne
Sahara (close to
source)
0.92
Su and Toon (
2011
)
AERONET
0.98
2
Cape Verde
(0.01)
Dubovik et al. (
2002
)
AERONET
Middle East
Iran, dust storm
from
Tigris/Euphrates
0.95
2
Masoumietal.(
2013
)
Sun photometer
(continued)
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