Recurring Trans-Atlantic Dust Pathways during June-July
Description
These data represent a self-organizing map (SOM) classification of all trans-Atlantic integrated dust fluxes (IDT) between June-July 1981-2020 as presented in:
Miller, P. W., and C. Ramseyer, In press: The relationship between the Saharan Air Layer, convective environmental conditions, and precipitation in Puerto Rico. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
Each daily IDT field is paired to one of 12 discrete pathways in idt_bmus_junjul.csv. The mean composite IDT over the tropical North Atlantic for each of these 12 patterns, as well as the mean composite Galvez-Davison Index (ERS_idt_node_gdi_1981_2020_junjul.nc) and mean composite precipitation over Puerto Rico (ERS_idt_node_prcp_1981_2020_junjul.nc) for the same node-date pairings are also provided. See the above-referenced manuscript for more details.
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idt_bmus_junjul.csv
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Funding
- CAREER: From Dust to Drought: Understanding the Multi-Scale Relationship between the Saharan Air Layer and Caribbean Water Stress 2236655
- National Science Foundation
- LTER: Luquillo LTER VI: Understanding Ecosystem Change in Northeastern Puerto Rico 1831952
- National Science Foundation
- Understanding the Mechanisms Leading to Early Warning of Meteorological and Hydrological Drought in the U.S. Caribbean NA20OAR4310416
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration