Climatology of dust sources in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, based on TOMS data

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 407-419

  Barkan, J ^a   Kutiel, Haim ^a   Alpert, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosol index; Dust sources; North Africa; TOMS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST STORM; GEOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTROMETER; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 10844234827     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X04046935     Document Type: Article

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