Mineral dust sources in the surroundings of the North Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Léon, Jean François ^a   Legrand, Michel ^a  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INFRARED IMAGING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WIND;

MINERAL DUST SOURCES; ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; DUST EMISSION; DUST SOURCES; GLOBAL FEATURE; INFRARED CHANNEL; MINERAL DUST; NORTH INDIAN OCEANS; SURFACE WIND SPEED;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST STORM; EOLIAN PROCESS;

(NORTH); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0043192758     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016690     Document Type: Article

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