A synoptic climatology of blowing dust events in El Paso, Texas from 1932-2005

87th AMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Novlan, David J ^a   Hardiman, Michael ^a   Gill, Thomas E ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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