Modeling mineral dust emissions from Chinese and Mongolian deserts

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 121-141

  Laurent, B ^a   Marticorena, B ^a   Bergametti, G ^a   Mei, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian dust emissions; mineral dust; roughness length; soil size distribution

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUST; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE;

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

EID: 33744970909     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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