North African dust emissions and transport

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 73-100

  Engelstaedter, Sebastian ^a   Tegen, Ina ^b   Washington, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmospheric transport; dust aerosols; dust variability; emission; North Africa; Sahel

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; RADIATIVE FORCING; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750938298     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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