Validation of the Saharan dust plume conceptual model using lidar, Meteosat, and ECMWF data

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1045-1075

  Karyampudi, V Mohan ^a,g   Palm, Stephen P ^a,g   Reagen, John A ^b   Fang, Hui ^b   Grant, William B ^c   Hoff, Raymond M ^d   Moulin, Cyril ^e   Pierce, Harold F ^a,b   Torres, Omar ^a,h   Browell, Edward V ^c   Melfi, S Harvey ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^h HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000822043     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1045:VOTSDP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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