UK Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (UK SOLAS)
Project 7
Dust outflow and deposition to the ocean (DODO)
Principal Investigator — Ellie Highwood, Meteorology Department, University of Reading.
Objectives
- To quantify the chemical and microphysical properties of Saharan dust in the tropical Atlantic region
Activities
Fieldwork has combined ship based measurements (PO332) with campaigns using the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) aircraft. Measurements have included
- Chemical composition, microphysics and optical properties of aerosols
- Radiative fluxes
- Trace gas chemistry
To find out more about Ellie Highwood or DODO follow the links below.
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Related UK SOLAS pages at BODC
| Project overview | Cruise programme | |
| Data centre's role | Data inventories | |
| Data policy | Data delivery | |
| Data submission | Other links | |
| Data centre processing | Knowledge transfer | |
| Final report |
Related external links
| International SOLAS | Quantifying and Understanding the Earth System (QUEST) | |
| NERC SOLAS | Ellie Highwood, University of Reading | |
| DODO |
