Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 - A meteorological overview

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-31

  Knippertz, Peter ^a   Ansmann, Albert ^b   Althausen, Dietrich ^b   Müller, Detlef ^b   Tesche, Matthias ^b   Bierwirth, Eike ^a   Dinter, Tilman ^c   Müller, Thomas ^b   Von Hoyningen huene, Wolfgang ^c   Schepanski, Kerstin ^b,d   Wendisch, Manfred ^a   Heinold, Bernd ^b   Kandler, Konrad ^e   Petzold, Andreas ^f   Schütz, Lothar ^a   Tegen, Ina ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIOSONDE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

MALIA;

EID: 58949094233     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00380.x     Document Type: Review

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