On the variability of African dust transport across the Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Riemer, N ^a   Doherty, O M ^a   Hameed, S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CORRELATION THEORY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; OCEAN CURRENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DUST TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH-WEST AFRICAN COAST; SURFACE PRESSURE;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; DUST; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NIMBUS-7; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOMS; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845640435     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026163     Document Type: Article

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