Recent progress in understanding physical and chemical properties of African and Asian mineral dust

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8231-8256

  Formenti, P ^a   Schutz L ^b   Balkanski, Y ^c   Desboeufs, K ^a   Ebert, M ^d   Kandler, K ^d   Petzold, A ^e   Scheuvens, D ^b,d   Weinbruch, S ^d   Zhang, D ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; HYGROSCOPICITY; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 84856926462     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8231-2011     Document Type: Review

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