Simulation of the mineral dust content over Western Africa from the event to the annual scale with the CHIMERE-DUST model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 7185-7207

  Schmechtig, C ^a   Marticorena, B ^a   Chatenet, B ^a   Bergametti, G ^a   Rajot, J L ^b   Coman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; WIND FORCING;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79960661565     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7185-2011     Document Type: Article

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