The regime of intense desert dust episodes in the Mediterranean based on contemporary satellite observations and ground measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 12135-12154

  Gkikas, A ^a   Hatzianastassiou, N ^a   Mihalopoulos, N ^b   Katsoulis, V ^a   Kazadzis, S ^c   Pey, J ^d,e   Querol, X ^e   Torres, O ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Department of Epidemiology Lazio Region ^*  (Italy)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84907285144     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12135-2013     Document Type: Article

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