A combined observational and modeling approach to study modern dust transport from the Patagonia desert to East Antarctica

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8287-8303

  Gasso S ^a   Stein, A ^b   Marino, F ^c   Castellano, E ^c   Udisti, R ^c   Ceratto, J ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCORDIA STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA; NEUMAYER STATION; PATAGONIA; SOUTH GEORGIA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 77956400629     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8287-2010     Document Type: Article

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