African dust outbreaks over the western Mediterranean Basin: 11-year characterization of atmospheric circulation patterns and dust source areas

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6759-6775

  Salvador, P ^a   Alonso Perez S ^b,c,d   Pey, J ^b,e   Artinano B ^a   De Bustos, J J ^c   Alastuey, A ^b   Querol, X ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c Centro de Investigación Atmosférica de Izaña Agencia Estatal de Meteorología AEMET   (Spain)

^d Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud   (Spain)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; GEOSTATISTICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGERIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); MOROCCO; SAHARA; TUNISIA;

EID: 84903782655     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6759-2014     Document Type: Article

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