Physical properties of suspended dust during moist and low wind conditions in Iceland

Icelandic Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-39

  Dagsson Waldhauserova, Pavla ^a,b   Arnalds, Olafur ^a   Olafsson, Haraldur ^a,c,d   Skrabalova, Lenka ^e   Sigurdardottir, Gudmunda Maria ^a,c   Branis, Martin ^e   Hladil, Jindrich ^f   Skala, Roman ^f   Navratil, Tomas ^f   Chadimova, Leona ^f   Thorsteinsson, Throstur ^a   Carlsen, Hanne Krage ^g   Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg ^a   Sibylle Von Lowis Of Menar, ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Climate aspects; Dust aerosol; Dust storm event; Surface heating

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013168079     PISSN: 1670567X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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