Temporal variability of mineral dust concentrations over West Africa: Analyses of a pluriannual monitoring from the AMMA Sahelian Dust Transect

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8899-8915

  Marticorena, B ^a   Chatenet, B ^a,b   Rajot, J L ^c   Traore S ^d   Coulibaly, M ^d   Diallo, A ^e   Kone I ^d   Maman, A ^c   Ndiaye, T ^e   Zakou, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b IRD UR 176 SOLUTIONS   (Nigeria)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d IER   (Mali)

^e IRD Dakar ^*  (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; DUST; EMISSION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77955762355     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8899-2010     Document Type: Article

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