Ground-based off-line aerosol measurements at Praia, Cape Verde, during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment: Microphysical properties and mineralogy

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-474

  Kandler, K ^a   Schutz L ^b   Jackel S ^a   Lieke, K ^a   Emmel, C ^b   Muller Ebert D ^a   Ebert, M ^a   Scheuvens, D ^a,b   Schladitz, A ^c   Segvic B ^a   Wiedensohler, A ^c   Weinbruch, S ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CALCITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; FELDSPAR; GYPSUM; ILLITE; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMECTITE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CAPE VERDE; PRAIA; SAO TIAGO;

EID: 80052032774     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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