Seasonal and interannual variability of the mineral dust cycle under present and glacial climate conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2002, Pages AAC-2-1-AAC-2-19

  Werner, M ^a,b   Tegen, I ^a   Harrison, S P ^a   Kohfeld, K E ^a   Prentice, I C ^a   Balkanski, Y ^c   Rodhe, H ^b   Roelandt, C ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345,4801); 0315 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Biosphere atmosphere interactions; 1615 Global Change: Biogeochemical processes (4805)

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448949450     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002365     Document Type: Article

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