Long-term simulation of global dust distribution with the GOCART model: Correlation with North Atlantic Oscillation

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-128

  Ginoux, P ^a,b,d   Prospero, J M ^c   Torres, O ^a,b   Chin, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; Dust; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; SPECTROMETERS;

GLOBAL DUST DISTRIBUTION; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

EID: 0842284601     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00114-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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