Does dust from Patagonia reach the sub-Antarctic Atlantic Ocean?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gassó, Santiago ^a,d   Stein, Ariel F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Earth Resources and Technology   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ARID REGIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMAL PLUMES; TROPOSPHERE;

DUST DETECTION; PATAGONIA DESERT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLOUD COVER; DUST; MODIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34548016291     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027693     Document Type: Article

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