Analysis of dust events in 2008 and 2009 using the lidar network, surface observations and the CFORS model

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-39

  Sugimoto, Nobuo ^a   Hara, Yukari ^a   Shimizu, Atsushi ^a   Nishizawa, Tomoaki ^a   Matsui, Ichiro ^a   Nishikawa, Masataka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian dust; dust transport model; lidar; mixing of aerosols; PM10

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873161524     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-013-0004-3     Document Type: Article

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