Unusual Saharan dust events in the Carpathian Basin (Central Europe) in 2013 and early 2014

Weather

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 309-313

  Varga, György ^a   Cserháti, Csaba ^b   Kovacs J ^c   Szeberenyi J ^a   Bradak B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MASS TRANSPORT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; SAHARA;

EID: 84939445928     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.2334     Document Type: Article

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