Synoptic analysis of dust storms in the Middle East

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 279-286

  Hamidi, Mehdi ^a   Kavianpour, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shao, Yaping ^b  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

MODIS satellite image; NCEP NCAR reanalysis data; potential dust source; Shamal and frontal dust storm; synoptic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880007726     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-013-0027-9     Document Type: Article

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