Testing the performance of state-of-the-art dust emission schemes using DO4Models field data

Haustein, K.; Washington, R.; King, J.; Wiggs, G.; Thomas, D. S. G.; Eckardt, F. D.; Bryant, R. G.; Menut, L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-341-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-341-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-341-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

Development and technical paper

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19 Feb 2015

Development and technical paper |

| 19 Feb 2015

Testing the performance of state-of-the-art dust emission schemes using DO4Models field data

K. Haustein, R. Washington, J. King, G. Wiggs, D. S. G. Thomas, F. D. Eckardt, R. G. Bryant, and L. Menut

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RC C1885: 'Referee Comments on the manuscript “Testing the performance of state-of-the-art dust emission schemes using DO4Models field data” by K. Haustein et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Oct 2014
- AC C2471: 'Reply to Referee comment #1', Karsten Haustein, 26 Nov 2014
RC C1891: 'Review of “Testing the performance of state-of-the-art dust emission schemes using DO4Models field data” by K. Haustein et al. [doi:10.5194/gmdd-7-5739-2014]', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Oct 2014
- AC C2472: 'Reply to Referee comment #2', Karsten Haustein, 26 Nov 2014
SC C2044: 'Exec Editor Comments', Dan Lunt, 20 Oct 2014
- AC C2473: 'Reply to Editor comment', Karsten Haustein, 26 Nov 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Karsten Haustein on behalf of the Authors (17 Dec 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Jan 2015) by Holger Tost

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Jan 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Jan 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (15 Jan 2015) by Holger Tost

AR by Karsten Haustein on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Jan 2015) by Holger Tost

Short summary

In this paper, the performance of three commonly used dust emissions schemes is investigated using a box model environment and observational data obtained in Botswana (Sua Pan). The results suggest that all schemes fail to reproduce the observed horizontal dust flux properly. They overestimate its magnitude by several orders of magnitude. The key parameter for this mismatch is the surface crusting which limits the availability of erosive material, even at higher wind speeds.