Soluble iron dust export in the high altitude Saharan Air Layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-59

  Ravelo Perez L M ^a   Rodriguez S ^b   Galindo, L ^a   Garcia M I ^a,b   Alastuey, A ^c   Lopez Solano J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Dust; Fractional iron solubility; Iron solubility; Saharan Air Layer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUST; IRON; SOLUBILITY;

COMBUSTION AEROSOLS; IRON SOLUBILITIES; LITHOGENIC MINERALS; MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRIES; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SAHARAN AIR LAYERS; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES;

AIR POLLUTION;

IRON; SOLUBLE IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DESERT SOIL; DUST STORM; IRON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; STOICHIOMETRY; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; CANARY ISLANDS; SAHARA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84961252395     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.030     Document Type: Article

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