Intercontinental Transport and Climatic Impact of Saharan and Sahelian Dust

Table 1

Comparison between monthly AOD values (at 500 nm) simulated with the RegCM 4.0 and monthly values observed at the Ragged-point station (Barbados).

	2008	2009	2010
March
RegCM	0.11	0.14	0.21
Observation	0.09	0.08	0.19
April
RegCM	0.15	0.17	0.21
Observation	0.18	0.09	0.31
May
RegCM	0.19	0.22	0.18
Observation	0.16	0.23	0.24