Control of Saharan mineral dust transport to Barbados in winter by the Intertropical Convergence Zone over West Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Doherty, O M ^a   Riemer, N ^b   Hameed, S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

CLIMATE INDEX; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUST TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MINERAL DUST; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEMI-ARID REGION; TELECONNECTION INDICES; WEST AFRICA; WINTER SEASONS;

DUST;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION; DUST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MINERAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TELECONNECTION; WIND DIRECTION;

BARBADOS; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84867637997     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017767     Document Type: Article

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