A climatology of airborne dust for the Red River Valley of North Dakota

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1587-1594

  Godon, Nancy A ^a,b   Todhunter, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b Natl Weather Serv Off E N D   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne dust; Climatology; Fargo; North Dakota; Red River Valley

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DUST;

CLIMATOLOGY; DUST;

AIR POLLUTION;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; PARTICLE DISPERSION;

ATMOSPHERE; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DUST; METEOROLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; VISIBILITY; WEATHER; WIND; WINTER;

USA, NORTH DAKOTA, RED RIVER VALLEY;

EID: 0032076103     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00389-0     Document Type: Article

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