Dust storm in Asia continent and its bio-environmental effects in the North Pacific: A case study of the strongest dust event in April, 2001 in central Asia

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 723-730

  Han, Yongxiang ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,c   Xi, Xiaoxia ^c   Song, Lianchun ^b   Yang, Shengli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Meteorological Bureau of China   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bio environmental effects; Dust fluxes; Hypothesis of iron fertilization; Long distance dust transport; North Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748868290     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-0723-2     Document Type: Article

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