Preferential settling of elongated mineral dust particles in the atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Li, Jingmin ^a   Osada, Kazuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DUST PARTICLES; MINERAL DUST; SETTLING VELOCITY;

SNOW;

DUST; MODELING; PARTICLE SETTLING; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 35948977703     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030262     Document Type: Article

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