Ephemeral lakes and desert dust sources

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Mahowald, Natalie M ^a   Bryant, Robert G ^b   del Corral, John ^a   Steinberger, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DUST; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FLOODS; LAKES; LANDFORMS;

DESERT DUST; ABSORBING AEROSOL INDICES; ATMOSPHERIC MINERALS; DUST LOADING; FLOODED AREAS; MINERAL AEROSOLS; SMALL SCALE; SOURCE REGION;

LAKES; DUST;

AEROSOL FORMATION; DESERT; DUST; EPHEMERAL LAKE; PROVENANCE;

ALGERIA; CHOTTS; ETOSHA PAN; NAMIBIA; TUNISIA;

EID: 0038266173     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016041     Document Type: Article

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