Mineralogy of Saharan dust transported over northwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean in relation to source regions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages AAC-4-1-AAC-4-12

  Caquineau, Sandrine ^a   Gaudichet, Annie ^b   Gomes, Laurent ^b   Legrand, Michel ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Backward trajectories; Infrared satellite imagery; Mineralogical tracer; Saharan dust sources

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DUST; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DUST; MINERALOGY;

EID: 23844487660     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000247     Document Type: Article

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