Desert dust outbreaks over mediterranean basin: A modeling, observational, and synoptic analysis approach

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Calastrini, F ^a,b   Guarnieri, F ^a,b   Becagli, S ^c   Busillo, C ^a   Chiari, M ^d   Dayan, U ^e   Lucarelli, F ^c,d   Nava, S ^d   Pasqui, M ^b   Traversi, R ^c   Udisti, R ^c   Zipoli, G ^b  

^a LaMMA Consortium   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84874862767     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/246874     Document Type: Article

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