A model for long-range transport of desert dust

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2537-2544

  Ničković, Slobodan ^a,b,c   Dobričić, Srdjan ^a,b  

^a Mediterranean Research Centre   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

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EID: 0000964453     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2537:AMFLRT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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