A large silicon-aluminum aerosol plume in central Illinois: North African desert dust?

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3789-3799

  Gatz, Donald F ^a   Prospero, Joseph M ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

African dust; Clay minerals; Desert dust; Long range transport; Mineral aerosols

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; SILICON;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DESERT; DUST; HUMIDITY; MINERAL DUST; NORTH AFRICA; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WIND;

AIR QUALITY; ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; SILICON; THERMAL PLUMES; WIND;

AFRICAN DUST; CENTRAL ILLINOIS; DESERT DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MINERAL AEROSOLS; NORTH AFRICAN DESERT;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL PLUME; AIR QUALITY; ALUMINIUM; CLAY MINERAL; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SILICON;

USA, ILLINOIS;

EID: 0030274175     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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