Observed characteristics of dust storm events over the western United States using meteorological, satellite, and air quality measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 7847-7857

  Lei, H ^a   Wang, J X L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLOGENESIS; DUST STORM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905748633     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-7847-2014     Document Type: Article

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