A dust prediction system with TOMS initialization

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2335-2345

  Alpert, P ^a   Krichak, S O ^a   Tsidulko, M ^a   Shafir, H ^a   Joseph, J H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DATA REDUCTION; DUST; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPECTROMETERS;

DUST SOURCES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DUST; TOMS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0036734805     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2335:ADPSWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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