The SAMUM-1 experiment over Southern Morocco: Overview and introduction

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-11

  Heintzenberg, J O S T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIDAR; MODELING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 58849131531     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00403.x     Document Type: Review

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