The impact of transpacific transport of mineral dust in the United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1251-1266

  Duncan Fairlie, T ^a,b   Jacob, Daniel J ^b   Park, Rokjin J ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Mineral; Transpacific; Transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; DUST EMISSIONS; DUST MOBILIZATION; GLOBAL CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS;

DUST;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; EOS; MINERAL; OUTFLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; MINERAL DUST; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845971513     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.048     Document Type: Article

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