The Global Distribution of Dust Storms: Patterns and Controls

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 303-315

  Goudie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deserts; Dust sources; Dust storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035790017     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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