Long-term daily monitoring of Saharan dust load over ocean using Meteosat ISCCP-B2 data 1. Methodology and preliminary results for 1983-1994 in the Mediterranean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16947-16958

  Moulin, C ^a,c   Guillard, F ^a,c   Dulac, F ^b   Lambert, C E ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

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EID: 0001208957     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02620     Document Type: Article

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