Mineral Dust Entrainment and Deposition (DEAD) model: Description and 1990s dust climatology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Zender, Charles S ^a   Bian, Huisheng ^a   Newman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol climatology; Aerosol scavenging; Ecosystem fertilization; Mineral deposition; Mineral dust aerosol; Saltation sandblasting

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; ENTRAINMENT; MODELING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347814598     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002775     Document Type: Article

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