Analysis on dust devil containing loess dusts of different sizes

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-77

  Gu, Z L ^a   Qiu, J ^a   Zhao, Y Z ^b   Hou, X P ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Dust devil; Gas particle flow; Model simulation; Particle size

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849166732     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2007.03.0026     Document Type: Article

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