Meteorological patterns associated with intense saharan dust outbreaks over greece in winter

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nastos, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84872412163     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/828301     Document Type: Article

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