Dust storm originate from Sahara covering Western Europe: A case study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5489-5493

  Vanderstraeten, P ^a   Lenelle Y ^b   Meurrens, A ^b   Carati, D ^c   Brenig, L ^c   Delcloo, A ^d   Offer, Z Y ^e   Zaady, E ^f  

^a Brussels Institute for Environment Management   (Belgium)

^b IBGE BIM ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d Royal Belgian Meteorological Institute   (Belgium)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Chemistry; Concentration; Particle size; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IRON; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWDER METALLURGY; SILICON; STORMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DUSTS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORIES; BRUSSELS; CASE STUDIES; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST SOURCES; DUST STORMS; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; EARTH'S SURFACE; ELSEVIER (CO); PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SAHARAN DUST; SEASONAL CYCLES; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; WESTERN EUROPE;

DUST;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; COPPER; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFUR; TIN; TITANIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST STORM; EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DESERT; DUST; EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

AFRICA; BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SAHARA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45649085450     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.063     Document Type: Article

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