Observed 20th century desert dust variability: Impact on climateand biogeochemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 10875-10893

  Mahowald, N M ^a   Kloster, S ^a   Engelstaedter, S ^a   Moore, J K ^b   Mukhopadhyay, S ^c   McConnell, J R ^d   Albani, S ^a,e   Doney, S C ^f   Bhattacharya, A ^c   Curran, M A J ^g,h   Flanner, M G ⁱ   Hoffman, F M ^j   Lawrence, D M ^k   Lindsay, K ^k   Mayewski, P A ^l   Neff, J ^m   Rothenberg, D ^a   Thomas, E ⁿ   Thornton, P E ⁱ   Zender, C S ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^h ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁿ BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; DUST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 78649273059     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-10875-2010     Document Type: Article

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