Comparison of size and morphological measurements of coarse mode dust particles from Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Reid, Jeffrey S ^a   Jonsson, Halflidi H ^b   Maring, Hal B ^c   Smirnov, Alexander ^d   Savoie, Dennis L ^c   Cliff, Steven S ^e   Reid, Elizabeth A ^f   Livingston, John M ^g   Meier, Mike M ^h   Dubovik, Oleg ^d   Tsay, Si Chee ⁱ  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h University of California Davis   (United States)

ⁱ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Impactor; Inversion; Measurement; Optical particle counter; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0346758170     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002485     Document Type: Article

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