Impact of the Saharan dust outbreaks on the ambient levels of total suspended particles (TSP) in the marine boundary layer (MBL) of the Subtropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 9468-9480

  Alonso Perez S ^a   Cuevas, E ^a   Querol, X ^b   Viana, M ^b   Guerra, J C ^c  

^a INM ^*  (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

African dust; Background levels; Gravitational settlement; Marine boundary layer

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

GRAVITATIONAL SETTLEMENT; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS (MBL); SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

DUST;

AIR MASS; AMBIENT AIR; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST STORM; GRAVITY FIELD; INDEX METHOD; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRAVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 36348975017     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.049     Document Type: Article

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