Feedbacks of dust and boundary layer meteorology during a dust storm in the eastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 12909-12933

  Remy S ^a,b   Benedetti, A ^b   Bozzo, A ^b   Haiden, T ^b   Jones, L ^b   Razinger, M ^b   Flemming, J ^b   Engelen, R J ^b   Peuch, V H ^b   Thepaut, J N ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST STORM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; PLUME; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SAHARA;

EID: 84948444030     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-12909-2015     Document Type: Article

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