Variations on morphology and elemental composition of mineral dust particles from local, regional, and long-range transport meteorological scenarios

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Coz, Esther ^a,b   Gómez Moreno, Francisco J ^a   Casuccio, Gary S ^c   Artíñano, Begoña ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SILICATE; CARBONATION; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS;

AFRICAN DUST; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CARBONATE CONTENT; CHEMICAL CLUSTERS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DUST PARTICLE; DUST SOURCES; DUST TRANSPORT; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LOCAL INFLUENCE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST PARTICLES; MINERAL PARTICLES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; RECIRCULATIONS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SIZE RANGES;

DUST;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASPECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; VENTILATION;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 77954464601     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012796     Document Type: Article

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