A numerical study of the contributions of dust source regions to the global dust budget

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 88-104

  Tanaka, Taichu Y ^a,b   Chiba, Masaru ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aerosols; global dust model; long range dust transport; mineral dust; numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

DUST; EMISSION;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARCTIC; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREENLAND; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33744969099     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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