Combining Satellite Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling to Improve the Representation of Atmospheric Dust in Aerosol Models

Kerstin Schepanski1, Barry Baker2, Ralph A Kahn3, Daniel Tong4 and Stefanie Feuerstein1, (1)Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany, (2)NOAA ARL, College Park, United States, (3)NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, College Park, MD, United States