Haboobs: Convectively generated dust storms in West Africa

Weather

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 311-316

  Roberts, Alex ^a   Knippertz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DUST STORM; MODELING; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; SUMMER;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84868155221     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.1968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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