Dust emission from Chinese desert sources linked to variations in atmospheric circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 28041-28047

  Zhang, Xiao Y ^a   Arimoto, Richard ^a,b   An, Zhi S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

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EID: 0000045980     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02300     Document Type: Article

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