Size resolved dust emission fluxes measured in Niger during 3 dust storms of the AMMA experiment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3881-3891

  Sow, M ^a,c   Alfaro, S C ^a   Rajot, J L ^c   Marticorena, B ^b  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DUST; DUST STORM; EMISSION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MONSOON; SALTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 77950199938     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-3881-2009     Document Type: Article

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