The long-range transport of southern African aerosols to the tropical South Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 23777-23791

  Swap, R ^a   Garstang, M ^a   Macko, S A ^a   Tyson, P D ^a,b   Maenhaut, W ^c   Artaxo, P ^d   Kallberg P ^e,f   Talbot, R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN); ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030377113     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd01049     Document Type: Article

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