Dust storms and dust at Abu Dhabi international airport

Weather

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 339-343

  De Villiers, M P ^a   Van Heerden, J ^b  

^a Weather Services International   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 73349111400     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.42     Document Type: Article

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