Incorporating the effect of small-scale circulations upon dust emission in an atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Cakmur, R V ^a,b   Miller, R L ^a,b   Torres, O ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust modeling

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; DUST; EMISSION;

EID: 18544406417     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004067     Document Type: Article

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