Temporal and spatial characteristics of Saharan dust outbreaks

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D2, 1996, Pages 4205-4220

  Swap, Robert ^a   Ulanski, Stanley ^a,b   Cobbett, Matthew ^a   Garstang, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN TRANSPORT; AEROSOL MASS FLUX; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; AVHRR; MARINE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; SAHARAN DUST;

AFRICA, SAHARA; ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0029750253     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD03236     Document Type: Article

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