Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schepanski

Leibniz Institute for

Tropospheric Research

Permoserstraße 15

04318 Leipzig

 

Phone: +49 341 2717-7195

Mail: kerstin.schepanski@tropos.de  

Room: 119 (Building 23.1)

 

Function

Scientific staff

 

Department

Modelling of Atmospheric Processes

 

Area of Research and Research Interests

 

Current Research Projects

  • FINDUS-2 - Aerosol radiative forcing associated with fire-driven dust emission in a changing environment
  • AiRisk - Network on airborne infection risk
  • Southern hemisphere mineral dust | Namibia
  • Mineral composition of dust and its representation in a global atmosphere-aerosol model

 

Completed Projects

 

Memberships

  • Editorial Board Member, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Board member International Society for Aeolian Research (ISAR)

Curriculum Vitae:

Academic Qualification

2015 | Privatdozent | Meteorology
2015 | Habilitation | Meteorology
2009 | Dr. rer. nat. | Meteorology
2006 - 2009 | PhD student | Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel
2006 | Diploma | Meteorology
2001 - 2006 | Studies of Meteorology | Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Habilitation: Meteorological controls on the atmospheric dust cycle

Dissertation: Characterizing Saharan Dust using Remote Sensing and Regional Modeling

Research Experience

since 04/2026 | Scientist | Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
2021 - 2026 | Professor of Radiation and Remote Sensing of Atmospheres | Freie Universität Berlin
2013 - 2021 | Scientist | Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
2009 - 2013 | PostDoc | School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2006 - 2009 | PhD student | Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, and Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences, Kiel, Germany

Publications

  1. Faber, E., B. Baker, A. Rocha Lima, K. Schepanski (2026), Making a Dust Source Map: Can We Build, Implement, and Learn From a Reflectance Derived Sediment Supply Map in the Unified Forecast System (UFS)?, J. Geophys. Res., 131(7), e2025JD045333, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD045333
  2. Gómez Maqueo Anaya, S., S. Aryasree, K. Kandler, E. J. dos Santos Souza, K. W. Fomba, D. Althausen, M. Kezoudi, M. Faust, B. Heinold, I. Tegen, M. Haarig, H. Baars, K. Schepanski (2026), Refining simulated mineral dust composition through modified size distributions: dual validation with mineral-specific and elemental observations, EGUsphere[preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-23
  3. Ramette, D., L. Noack, S. Walter, F. Postberg, K. Schepanski (2026), Making Observed and Modeled Martian Dust Strom Trajectories Visible Using a New Automatic Tracking Algorithm, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 131(1), e2025JE009194, https://doi.org/10.1029JE009194
  4. Chen, L., K. Schepanski, A. J. Crocker, C. Xuan, and P. A. Wilson (2025), Atmospheric Forcing of Dust Source Activation across East Asia, EGUsphere[preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3077
  5. Fuchs, M., Dietze, M., Brenning, A., Sauer, D., Schepanski, K., Wagner, D. (2025), Desert pavements: A hidden key to Earth surface processes. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 50 (15), e70213, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.70213
  6. Bitzan, S., F. Kirsten, G. E. Christidis, P. Makri, K. Schepanski (2025), Spatial and temporal variability of surface dust concentration in western Crete (Greece) - Development of a monitoring network, Aeolian Research, 74, 101005, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2025.101005
  7. Gómez Maqueo Anaya, S., D. Althausen, J. Hofer, M. Haarig, U. Wandinger, B. Heinold, I. Tegen, M. Faust, H. Baars, A. Ansmann, R. Engelmann, A. Skupin, B. Heese, K. Schepanski (2025), Investigating the link between mineral dust hematite content and intensive optical properties by means of lidar measurements and aerosol modelling, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 9737-9764, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9737-2025
  8. Chen, L., K. Schepanski, A. J. Crocker, C. Xuan, and P. A. Wilson (2025), Dust source activation frequency across East Asia, Environmental Research Letters, 20, 074056, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/addee6
  9. Wagner, R. and K. Schepanski (2025), Quantifying fire-driven dust emissions using a global aerosol model, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17(4), e2024MS004466, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004466
  10. Panta, A., K. Kandler, K. Schepanski, A. Alastuey, P. Dagsson-Waldhauserova, S. Dupont, M. Eknayan, C. González-Flórez, A. González-Romero, M. Klose, M. Montag, X. Querol, J. Yus-Díez, C. Pérez García-Pando (2025), Unveiling single-particle composition, size, shape, and mixing state of freshly emitted Icelandic dust via electron microscopy analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 10457-10478, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10457-2025
  11. Souza, E., K. W. Fomba, S. Goméz Maqueo Anaya, K. Schepanski, S. M. Freire, D. Materic, T. Reemtsma, H. Herrmann (2025), Particle-bound mercury in Saharan dust-loaded particulate matter in Carbo Verde, J. of Hazardous Materials, 487, 137053, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazmat.2024.137053
  12. Pfrommer, E., G. Gabriel, U. E. Schaible, T. Gutsmann, K. Schepanski (2025), Transmission of influenza is driven by weather conditions in Germany, Aerobiologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-025-09875-9
  13. Banks, J. R., B. Heinold, K. Schepanski (2024), Dust aerosol from the Aralkum Desert influences the radiation budget and atmospheric dynamics of Central Asia, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 11451-11475, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11451-2024
  14. Banks, J. R., B. Heinold, K. Schepanski (2024), A regional modelling perspective on the impacts on Central Asia of dust emitted from the Aralkum, the desiccated lakebed of the Aral Sea, E3S Web of Confereces, 575, 04002, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202457504002
  15. Gómez Maqueo Anaya, S., D. Althausen, M. Faust, H. Baars, B. Heinold, J. Hofer, I. Tegen, A. Ansmann, R. Engelmann, A. Skupin, B. Heese, K. Schepanski (2024), Implementation of mineralogy in COSMO5.05-MUSCAT and model dust loading comparison with measurements, E3S Web of Conferences, 575, 02007, https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202457502007
  16. Nees, F., P. Renner, N. E. Holz, E. Polemiti, S. Siehl, S. Hese, K. Schepanski, G. Schumann (2024), Large-scale population data enrichment in mental health, Nature Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00316-z
  17. Nees, F., S. Hese, S. Siehl, K. Schepanski, G. Schumann (2024), Naturerleben und Biodiversität, in: Psychatrie in Zeiten globaler Umweltkrisen, Hrsg: S. Karl, A. Meyer-Lindenberg, Kohlhammer Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-17-044346-4
  18. Dupont, S., M. Klose, M. R. Irvine, C. González-Flórez, A. Alastuey, J.-M. Bonnefond, P. Dagsson-Waldhauserova, A. Gonzalez-Romero, T. Hussein, E. Lamaud, H. Meyer, A. Panta, X. Querol, K. Schepanski, S. Vergara Palacio, A. Wieser, J. Yus-Díez, K. Kandler, C. Pérez García-Pando (2024), Impact of Dust Source Patchiness on the Existence of a Constant Dust Flux Layer During Aeolian Erosion Events, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD040657, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040657
  19. Flamant, C., J.-P. Chaboureau, M. Gaetani, K. Schepanski, P. Formenti (2024), The radiative impact of biomass burning aerosols on dust emissions over Namibia and the long-range transport of smoke observed during the Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in southern Africa (AEROCLO-sA) campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 4265-4288, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-4265-2024
  20. Gómez Maqueo Anaya, S., D. Althausen, M. Faust, H. Baars, B. Heinold, J. Hofer, I. Tegen, A. Ansmann, R. Engelmann, A. Skupin, B. Heese, K. Schepanski (2024), The implementation of dust mineralogy in COSMO5.05-MUSCAT, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 1271-1295, doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1271-2024
  21. Kunkelova, T., A. Crocker, P. Wilson, K. Schepanski (2024), Dust Source Activation Frequency in the Horn of Africa, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD039694, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039694
  22. Desboeufs, K., P. Formenti, R. Torres-Sánchez, K. Schepanski, J.-P. Chaboureau, H. Andersen, J. Cermak, S. Feuerstein, B. Laurent, D. Klopper, A. Mamwoonde, Mathieu Cazaunau, S. Chevaillier, A. Feron, C. Mirande-Bret, S. Triquet, S. J. Piketh (2024), Fractional solubility of iron in mineral dust aerosols over coastal Namibia: a link with marine biogenic emissions?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 1525-1541, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1525-2024
  23. Polemiti, E., S. Hese, K. Schepanski, J. Yuan, Gunter Schumann (2024), How does the macroenvironment influence brain and behaviour - a review of current status and future perspectives, Nature Molecular Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02557-x
  24. Schepanski, K. (2024), Dust transport and deposition, Reference Module in Earth System and Environmental Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00170-7
  25. Chappell, A., M. Hennen, K. Schepanski, S. Dhital, D. Tong (2024), Reducing Resolution Dependency of Dust Emission Modelling Using Albedo-Based Wind Friction, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL106540, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106540
  26. Hennen, M., A. Chappell, N. Webb, K. Schepanski, M. Baddock, F. Eckardt, T. Kandakji, F. Lee, M. Nobakht, J. von Holdt (2024), A new framework for evaluating dust emission model development using dichotomous satellite observations of dust emission, Sci. Total Environ., 912, 169237, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169237
  27. Schumann, G. et int., K. Schepanski et al. (2023), Addressing Global Environmental Challenges to Mental Health Using Population Neuroscience, JAMA Psychiatry, 80(10), 1066-1074, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2996
  28. Xu, J. et al. (2023), Effects of urban living environments on mental health in adults, Nature Medicine, 29, 1456-1467, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02365-w
  29. Chappell, A., N. P. Webb, M. Hennen, C. S. Zender, P. Ciais, K. Schepanski, B. L. Edwards, N. P. Ziegler, Y. Balkanski, D. Tong, J. F. Leys, S. Heidenreich, R. Hynes, D. Fuchs, Z. Zeng, M. C. Baddock, J. A. Lee, T. Kandakji (2023), Elucidating Hidden and Enduring Weaknesses in Dust Emission Modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2023JD038584, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD038584
  30. Chappell, A., N. P. Webb, M. Hennen, K. Schepanski, P. Ciais, Y. Balkanski, C. S. Zender, I. Tegen, Z. Zeng, D. Tong, B. Baker, M. Ekström, M. Baddock, F. D. Eckardt, T. Kandakji, J. A. Lee, M. Nobakht, J. von Holdt, J. F. Leys (2023), Satellites reveal Earth’s seasonally shifting dust emission sources, Science of the Total Environment, 883, 163452, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163452
  31. Tong, D., I. Feng, T. E. Gill, K. Schepanski, J. Wang (2023), How Many People Were Killed by Windblown Dust Events in the United States? Bull. American Meteorol. Soc., 104(5), E1067-1084, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0186.1
  32. K. Schepanski (2023), Where dirty air is most dangerous, Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 243, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00895-2
  33. Bartkowski, B., K. Schepanski, S. Bredenbeck, and B. Müller (2023), Wind erosion in European agricultural landscapes: More than physics, People and Nature, https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10418
  34. Banks, J.R., B. Heinold, K. Schepanski (2022), Impacts of the Desiccation of the Aral Sea on the Central Asian Dust Life-Cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 127, e2022JD036618, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036618
  35. Heinold, B., H. Baars, B. Barja, M. Christensen, A. Kubin, K. Ohneiser, K. Schepanski, N. Schutgens, F. Senf, R. Schrödner, D. Villanueva, I. Tegen (2022), Important role of stratospheric injection height for the distribution and radiative forcing of smoke aerosol from the 2019-2022 Australian wildfires, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 9969-9985, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-9969-2022
  36. Meinander, O., P. Dagsson-Waldhauserova, P. Amosov, E. Aseyeva, C. Atkins, A. Baklanov, C. Baldo, S. L. Barr, B. Barzycka, L. G. Benning, B. Cvetkovic, P. Enchilik, D. Frolov, S. Gassó, K. Kandler, N. Kasimov, J. Kavan, J. King, T. Koroleva, V. Krupskaya, M. Kulmala, M. Kusiak, H. K. Lappalainen, M. Laska, J. Lasne, M. Lewandowski, B. Luks, J. B. McQuaid, B. Moroni, B. Murray, O. Möhler, A. Nawrot, S. Nickovic, N. T. O’Neill, G. Pejanovic, O. Popovicheva, K. Ranjbar, M. Romanias, O. Samonova, A. Sanchez-Marroquin, K. Schepanski, I. Semenkov, A. Sharapova, E. Shevnina, Z. Shi, M. Sofiev, F. Thevenet, T. Thorsteinsson, M. Timofeev, N. S. Umo, A. Uppstu, D. Urupina, G. Varga, T. Werner, O. Arnalds, A. Vukovic Vimic (2022), Newly identified climatically and environmentally significant high-latitude dust sources, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 11889-11930, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11889-2022
  37. Hamilton, D. S., M. M. G. Perron, T. C. Bond, A. R. Bowie, R. R. Bucholz, C. Guieu, A. Ito, W. Maenhaut, D. Rathod, K. Schepanski, A. Tagliabue, R. Wagner, N. M. Mahowald (2022), Earth, Wind, Fire and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeogchemistry, Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 14(11), 1-28, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-031921-013612
  38. Münch, S., N. Papke, M. Leue, M. Faust, K. Schepanski, P. Siller, U. Roesler, U. Nübel, T. Kabelitz, T. Amon, R. Funk (2022), Differences in the sediment composition of wind eroded sandy soils before and after fertilization with poultry manure, Soil and Tillage Research, 215, 105205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.105205
  39. Wagner, R., K. Schepanski, M. Klose (2021), The Dust Emission Potential of Agricultural-Like Fires - Theoretical Estimates From Two Conceptually Different Dust Emission Parameterizations, J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JD034355, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034355
  40. Dean, J., A. Kiendler-Scharr, N. Mengis, Y. Rudich, K. Schepanski, R. Zimmermann (2021), Above us only sky, Nature Communications Earth & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00245-0
  41. Faust, M., R. Wolke, S. Münch, R. Funk, and K. Schepanski (2021), A new Lagrangian in-time particle simulation module (Itpas v1) for atmospheric particle dispersion, Geosci. Model Dev.,14, 2205-2220, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2205-2021
  42. Fentrup, M., N. Thiel, V. Junker, W. Behrens, S. Münch, P. Siller, T. Kabelitz, M. Faust, A. Indra, S. Baumgartner, K. Schepanski, B. Amon, U. Roesler, R. Funk, U. Nübel (2021), Agricultural fertilization with poultry manure results in persistent environmental contamination with pathogen Clostridioides difficile, Environmental Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15601
  43. Vandenbussche, S., S. Callewaert, K. Schepanski, and M. De Mazière (2020), North African mineral dust sources: new insights from a combined analysis based on 3D dust aerosols distributions, surface winds and ancillary soil parameters, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 15127–15146, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15127-2020
  44. Thiel, N. S. Münch, W. Behrens, V. Junker, M. Faust, O. Biniasch, T. Kabelitz, P. Siller, C. Boedeker, P. Schumann, U. Roesler, T. Amon, K. Schepanski, R. Funk, U. Nübel (2020), Airborne bacterial emission fluxes from manure-fertilized agricultural soil, Microbial Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13632
  45. Pfrommer, E., C. Dreier, G. Gabriel, T. Dallenga, R. Reimer, K. Schepanski, R. Scherließ, U. E. Schaible, and T. Gutsmann (2020), Enhanced tenacity of mycobacterial aerosols from necrotic neutrophils, Scientific Reports, 10, 9159, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65781-9
  46. Villanueva, D., and K. Schepanski (2019), Investigation of atmospheric conditions fostering the spreading of Legionnaires’ disease in outbreaks related to cooling towers, Int. J. Biometeorol., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-019-01751-9
  47. Banks, J. R., A. Hünerbein, B. Heinold, H. E. Brindley, H. Deneke, and K. Schepanski (2019), The sensitivity of the colour of dust in MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared composite imagery to surface and atmospheric conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6893-6911, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6893-2019
  48. Formenti, P., B. D’Anna, C. Flamant, M. Mallet, S.J. Piketh, K. Schepanski, F. Waquet, F. Auriol, G. Brogniez, F. Burnet, J. Chaboureau, A. Chauvigné, P. Chazette, C. Denjean, K. Desboeufs, J. Doussin, N. Elguindi, S. Feuerstein, M. Gaetani, C. Giorio, D. Klopper, M.D. Mallet, P. Nabat, A. Monod, F. Solmon, A. Namwoonde, C. Chikwililwa, R. Mushi, E.J. Welton, and B. Holben (2019): The Aerosols, Radiation and Clouds in southern Africa (AEROCLO-sA) field campaign in Namibia: overview, illustrative observations and way forward, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 0, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0278.1
  49. Feuerstein, S. and K. Schepanski (2019), Identification of Dust Sources in a Saharan Dust Hot-Spot and Their Implementation in a Dust-Emission Model, Remote Sen., 11, 4, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11010004
  50. Wagner, R., M. Jähn, and K. Schepanski (2018), Wildfires as a source of airborne mineral dust – revisiting a conceptual model using large-eddy simulation (LES), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 11863-11884,  https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11863-2018
  51. Schepanski, K. (2018), Transport of Mineral Dust and Its Impact on Climate, Geosciences, 8(5), 151, https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8050151
  52. Chappell, A., J. A. Lee, M. Baddock, T. E. Gill, J. E. Herrick, J. F. Leys, B. Marticorena, L. Petherick, K. Schepanski, J. Tatarko, M. Telfer, N. P. Webb (2018), A clarion call for aeolian research to engage with global land degradation and climate change, Aeolian Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2018.02.007
  53. Banks, J. R., K. Schepanski, B. Heinold, A. Hünerbein, and H. E. Brindley (2018), The influence of dust optical properties on the colour of simulated MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared imagery, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 9681-9703, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9681-2018
  54. Tegen, I., and K. Schepanski (2018), Climate Feedback on Aerosol Emission and Atmospheric Concentrations, Current Climate Change Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-018-0086-1
  55. Schepanski, K., B. Heinold, and I. Tegen (2017), Harmattan, Saharan heat low and West African Monsoon circulation: Modulations on the Saharan dust outflow towards the north Atlantic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 10223-10243, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10223-2017
  56. Weinzierl, B., A. Ansmann, J. Prospero, D. Althausen, N. Benker, F. Chouza, M. Dollner, D. Farrell, W. Fomba, V. Freudenthaler, J. Gasteiger, S. Groß, M. Haarig, B. Heinold, K. Kandler, T. Kristensen, O. Mayol-Bracero, T. Müller, O. Reitebuch, D. Sauer, A. Schäfler, K. Schepanski, A. Spanu, I. Tegen, C. Toledano, and A. Walser (2017), The Saharan Aerosol Long-range Transport and Aerosol-Cloud-Interaction Experiment (SALTRACE): overview and selected highlights, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98(7), 1-25, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00142.1
  57. Zielhofer, C., H. von Suchodoletz, W. J. Fletcher, B. Schneider, E. Dietze, M. Schlegel, K. Schepanski, B. Weninger, S. Mischke, and A. Mikdad (2017), Millennial-scale fluctuations in Saharan dust supply across the decline of the African Humid Period, Quat. Sci. Rev., 171,119-135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.010
  58. Banks, J. R., H. E. Brindley, G. Stenchikov, and K. Schepanski (2017), Satellite retrievals of dust aerosol over the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (2005–2015), 2005-2015, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 3987-4003, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3987-2017
  59. Schepanski, K., M. Mallet, B. Heinold, and M. Ulrich (2016), North African dust transport toward the western Mediterranean basin: Atmospheric controls on dust source activation and transport pathways during June-July 2013, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 14147-14168, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14147-2016
  60. Granados-Muñoz, M. J., F. Navas-Guzmán, J. L. Guerrero-Rascado, J. A. Bravo-Aranda, I. Binietoglou, S. N. Pereira, S. Basart, J. M. Baldasano, L. Belegante, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comerón, G. D'Amico, O. Dubovik, L. Ilic, P. Kokkalis, C. Muñoz-Porcar, S. Nickovic, D. Nicolae, F. J. Olmo, A. Papayannis, G. Pappalardo, A. Rodríguez, K. Schepanski, M. Sicard, A. Vukovic, U. Wandinger, F. Dulac, and L. Alados-Arboledas (2016), Profiling of aerosol microphysical properties at several EARLINET/AERONET sites during July 2012 ChArMEx/EMEP campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 7043-7066, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7043-2016
  61. Chaboureau, J.-P., C. Flamant, T. Dauhut, C. Kocha, J.-P. Lafore, C. Lavaysse, F. Marnas, M. Mokhtari, J. Pelon, I. Reinares Martínez, K. Schepanski, and P. Tulet (2016), Fennec dust forecast intercomarison over the Sahara in June 2011, Atmos. Chem. Phys.,  16, 6977-6995, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6977-2016
  62. Wagner, R., K. Schepanski, B. Heinold, and I. Tegen (2016), Interannual variability in the Saharan dust source activation - Toward understanding the difference between 2007 and 2008, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024302
  63. Heinold, B., I. Tegen, K. Schepanski, and J. R. Banks (2016), New developments in the representation of Saharan dust sources in the aerosol-climate model ECHAM6-HAM2, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 765-777, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-765-2016
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  72. Niedermeier, N., A. Held, T. Müller, B. Heinold, K. Schepanski, I. Tegen, K. Kandler, M. Ebert, S. Weinbruch, K. Read, J. Lee, K. W. Fomba, K. Müller, H. Herrmann, and A. Wiedensohler (2014), Mass deposition flux of Saharan mineral dust to the tropical northeast Atlantic Ocean: an intercomparison of methods, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 2245-2266, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2245-2014
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  93. Knippertz, P., A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, D. Müller, M. Tesche, E. Bierwirth, T. Dinter, T. Müller, W. von Hoyningen-Huene, K. Schepanski, M. Wendisch, B. Heinold, K. Kandler, A. Petzold, L. Schütz, and I. Tegen (2009), Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 - A meteorological overview, Tellus B, 61(1), 1231, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00380.x
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  96. Birmili, W., K. Schepanski, A. Ansmann, G. Spindler, I. Tegen, B. Wehner, A. Novak, E. Reimer, I. Mattis, K. Müller, E. Brüggemann, T. Gnauk, H. Herrmann, A. Wiedensholer, D. Althausen, A. Schladitz, T. Tuch, and G. Löschau (2008), A case of extreme particulate matter concentrations over Central Europe caused by dust emitted over the southern Ukraine, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 997-1016, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-997-2008
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