Quantifying uncertainty in estimates of mineral dust flux: An intercomparison of model performance over the Bodélé depression, northern Chad

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Todd, M C ^a   Bou Karam, Diana ^b   Cavazos, C ^a   Bouet, C ^c   Heinold, B ^d   Baldasano, Jose M ^e,f   Cautenet, G ^c   Koren, Ilan ^g   Perez, C ^e   Solmon, Fabien ^h   Tegen, I ^d   Tulet, Pierre ⁱ   Washington, Richard ^j   Zakey, A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^h LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ESTIMATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; BODELE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 62149085866     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010476     Document Type: Article

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