Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 – a meteorological overview

Peter Knippertz; Albert Ansmann; Dietrich Althausen; Detlef Müller; Matthias Tesche; Eike Bierwirth; Tilman Dinter; Thomas Müller; Wolfgang Von Hoyningen-Huene; Kerstin Schepanski; Manfred Wendisch; Bernd Heinold; Konrad Kandler; Andreas Petzold; Lothar Schütz; Ina Tegen

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00380.x

Dust mobilization and transport in the northern Sahara during SAMUM 2006 – a meteorological overview

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 61 (2009): Issue 1

By: Peter Knippertz, Albert Ansmann, Dietrich Althausen, Detlef Müller, Matthias Tesche, Eike Bierwirth, Tilman Dinter, Thomas Müller, Wolfgang Von Hoyningen-Huene, Kerstin Schepanski, Manfred Wendisch, Bernd Heinold, Konrad Kandler, Andreas Petzold, Lothar Schütz and Ina Tegen

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