Size-segregated fluxes of mineral dust from a desert area of northern China by eddy covariance

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2839-2854

  Fratini, G ^a   Ciccioli, P ^b   Febo, A ^b   Forgione, A ^c   Valentini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FAI Instruments Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST STORM; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EROSION;

ALASHAN DESERT; ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 34250165070     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-2839-2007     Document Type: Article

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