Climatic conditions linked to high PM10 concentration in a bi-national airshed: Nogales (Arizona, USA, and Sonora, Mexico)

Climate Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-124

  Ellis, Andrew W ^a   Brommer, David M ^a   Balling Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Particulate matter; Soil moisture; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; MOISTURE; SOILS;

PARTICULATE MATTER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645276281     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr030113     Document Type: Article

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