Comparing two years of Saharan dust source activation obtained by regional modelling and satellite observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2381-2390

  Tegen, I ^a   Schepanski, K ^b   Heinold, B ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DUST; GEOSTATISTICS; METEOSAT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE DATA;

SAHARA;

EID: 84874535361     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-2381-2013     Document Type: Article

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