The dust event of 17 April 2005 over Athens, Greece

Weather

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 125-131

  Athanassiadou, Maria ^a   Flocas, Helena ^b   Harrison, Mark A J ^a   Hort, Matthew C ^a   Witham, Claire S ^a   Millington, Sarah ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 72049104943     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.123.05     Document Type: Article

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