Investigation of Variability of the Dust AOT in Recent Decades over the Middle East in the GEOS Global Model Simulations


Adriana Rocha Lima1, Peter Richard Colarco2, Anton Darmenov3, Edward P Nowottnick4, Arlindo daSilva4 and Luke Oman4, (1)Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States