Impact of vegetation and preferential source areas on global dust aerosol: Results from a model study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Tegen, Ina ^a   Harrison, Sandy P ^a   Kohfeld, Karen ^a   Prentice, I Colin ^a   Coe, Michael ^b,c   Heimann, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b University of Wisconsine Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Global modeling; Mineral dust; Tracer modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; EMISSION; LAND SURFACE; SATELLITE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW COVER; TOMS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WET DEPOSITION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33751280716     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000963     Document Type: Article

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