Characteristics of Taklimakan dust emission and distribution: A satellite and reanalysis field perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11,772-11,783

  Ge, J M ^a   Huang, J P ^a   Xu, C P ^a,b   Qi, Y L ^a,c   Liu, H Y ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 85018214719     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022280     Document Type: Article

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