Aircraft-based observations and high-resolution simulations of an Icelandic dust storm

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 10649-10666

  Blechschmidt, A M ^a,b,g   Kristjansson J E ^a   Olafsson H ^c,d   Burkhart, J F ^e   Hodnebrog, o ^a,h   Rosenberg, P D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^h CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST STORM; MIXING RATIO; SEA SALT; SEA SURFACE;

ICELAND;

EID: 84869148702     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-10649-2012     Document Type: Article

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