A less dusty future?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Mahowald, Natalie M ^a,b   Luo, Chao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS;

DESERTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST;

EID: 0347478128     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017880     Document Type: Article

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