Variation of soluble and insoluble calcium in red rains related to dust sources and transport patterns from North Africa to northeastern Spain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Avila, A ^a   Alarcon M ^b   Castillo, S ^c   Escudero, M ^a,c   Orellana, J García ^d   Masque P ^d   Querol, X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; LEAD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; RAINFALL; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548560481     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007153     Document Type: Article

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