Trend changes of African airmass intrusions in the marine boundary layer over the subtropical Eastern North Atlantic region in winter

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-265

  Alonso Perez, S ^a,b   Cuevas, E ^a   Perez, C ^c   Querol, X ^b   Baldasano, J M ^d,e   Draxler, R ^f   De Bustos, J J ^a  

^a Izaña Atmospheric Research Center   (Spain)

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

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; GEOPOTENTIAL; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79952735824     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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