The influence of synoptic-scale air flow and local circulation on the dust layer height in the north of the Taklimakan desert

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 5, Issue 3-6, 2005, Pages 175-193

  Tsunematsu, Nobumitsu ^a   Kai, Kenji ^a   Matsumoto, Takuya ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dust layer height; Lidar observation; Local circulation; Synoptic scale air flow

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; LIDAR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 27744449832     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-005-0734-z     Document Type: Article

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