Dynamical mechanisms controlling the vertical redistribution of dust and the thermodynamic structure of the West Saharan atmospheric boundary layer during summer

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Cuesta, Juan ^a,b   Marsham, John H ^b   Parker, Douglas J ^b   Flamant, Cyrille ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 65549087974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.207     Document Type: Article

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