Weak pressure gradient over the Iberian Peninsula and African dust outbreaks: A new dust long-transport scenario

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1125-1132

  Negral, Luis ^a   Moreno Grau, Stella ^b   Querol, Xavier ^c   Moreno, José ^b   Viana, Mar ^c   García Sánchez, Antonio ^b   Alastuey, Andrés ^c   Moreno Clavel, Joaquín ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN DUST; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAY OF BISCAY; CENTRAL EUROPE; HIGH PRESSURE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEAN SEA LEVEL; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; PARTICULATE MATTER;

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL;

DUST;

EID: 84866400506     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-10-05000.1     Document Type: Article

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