The climatology of dust events over the European continent using data of the BSC-DREAM8b model

- The climatology of desert dust events over the whole European region is presented.
- This study is based on the data of BSC-DREAM8b model and other validation tools.
- AERONET and satellite data are used for validation of the model outputs.
- The most affected areas are the central sectors, mainly in spring and summertime.
- Main dust contributors, over the European region are the western and central Sahara.