Snow-Dust Storm: Unique case study from Iceland, March 6-7, 2013

Aeolian Research

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-74

  Dagsson Waldhauserova, Pavla ^a,b,g   Arnalds, Olafur ^a   Olafsson, Haraldur ^b,c,d   Hladil, Jindrich ^e   Skala, Roman ^e   Navratil, Tomas ^e   Chadimova, Leona ^e   Meinander, Outi ^f  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmosphere cryosphere interactions; Natural phenomenon; Snow dust deposition; Volcanic dust

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COLD REGION; DUST STORM; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SNOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WARMING;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; REYKJAVIK;

EID: 84912094895     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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