The Northern Path of Asian Dust Transport from the Gobi Desert to North America

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Ke Yi, Chen ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dust transport; satellite data; the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

GOBI DESERT; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889575878     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2010.11446858     Document Type: Article

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