The impact of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on springtime dust activity in Syria

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 13431-13448

  Pu, Bing ^a,b   Ginoux, Paul ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; DUST STORM; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84994310458     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-13431-2016     Document Type: Article

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