Atmospheric dust modeling from meso to global scales with the online NMMB/BSC-Dust model - Part 2: Experimental campaigns in Northern Africa

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2933-2958

  Haustein, K ^a,b   Perez C ^c,d,e   Baldasano, J M ^a,f   Jorba, O ^a   Basart, S ^a   Miller, R L ^c,d   Janjic, Z ^g   Black, T ^g   Nickovic, S ^h   Todd, M C ⁱ   Washington, R ^b   Muller D ^j,n,o   Tesche, M ^k   Weinzierl, B ^l   Esselborn, M ^l,m   Schladitz, A ⁿ  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e Earth Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^h WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^j Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^k STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^m EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

ⁿ LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^o NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; INTERNET; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 84865433412     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-2933-2012     Document Type: Article

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