Annual variations of physical properties of desert dust over Israel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Israelevich, P L ^a   Ganor, E ^a   Levin, Z ^a   Joseph, J H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosol properties; Desert dust; Dust sources; Dust transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0742287626     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003163     Document Type: Article

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