A sub-basin scale dust plume source frequency inventory for southern Africa, 2005-2008

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5274-5279

  Vickery, Kathryn J ^a   Eckardt, Frank D ^a   Bryant, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dust souces; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

DISTINCT POINTS; FREQUENCY DATA; FREQUENCY MAP; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-BASIN SCALE; THERMAL INFRARED;

RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DUST;

BASIN ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DUST; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; METEOSAT; PLUME; TRACKING;

AFRICA;

EID: 84884877031     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50968     Document Type: Article

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