Formation of Asian dust-storm particles mixed internally with sea salt in the atmosphere

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-288

  Niimura, Noriko ^a   Okada, Kikuo ^b   Fan, Xiao Bio ^c   Kai, Kenji ^a   Arao, Kimio ^d   Shi, Guang Yu ^c   Takahashi, Shunji ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0039390762     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.2_275     Document Type: Article

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