Long-term daily monitoring of Saharan dust load over ocean using Meteosat ISCCP-B2 data 2. Accuracy of the method and validation using Sun photometer measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16959-16969

  Moulin, C ^a,f   Dulac, F ^b,d   Lambert, C E ^b,d   Chazette, P ^a,f   Jankowiak, I ^c   Chatenet, B ^d   Lavenu, F ^e  

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

^b Lab Mixte Ctr Natl la Rech Sci   (France)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Inst Francais Rech Sci Devmt C   (Burkina Faso)

^f DIF   (France)

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EID: 0001208958     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02598     Document Type: Article

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