The MACC-II 2007-2008 reanalysis: atmospheric dust evaluation and characterization over northern Africa and the Middle East

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3991-4024

  Cuevas, E ^a   Camino, C ^a   Benedetti, A ^b   Basart, S ^c   Terradellas, E ^d   Baldasano, J M ^c,e   Morcrette, J J ^b   Marticorena, B ^f   Goloub, P ^g   Mortier, A ^g   Berjon A ^a   Hernandez Y ^a   Gil Ojeda, M ^h   Schulz, M ⁱ  

^a Izaña Atmospheric Research Center AEMET   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^d AEMET   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIV LILLE   (France)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; DUST; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AFRICA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84928130130     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3991-2015     Document Type: Article

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