Solar radiative effects of a Saharan dust plume observed during SAMUM assuming spheroidal model particles

Sebastian Otto; Eike Bierwirth; Bernadett Weinzierl; Konrad Kandler; Michael Esselborn; Matthias Tesche; Alexander Schladitz; Manfred Wendisch; Thomas Trautmann

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00389.x

Solar radiative effects of a Saharan dust plume observed during SAMUM assuming spheroidal model particles

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 61 (2009): Issue 1

By: Sebastian Otto, Eike Bierwirth, Bernadett Weinzierl, Konrad Kandler, Michael Esselborn, Matthias Tesche, Alexander Schladitz, Manfred Wendisch and Thomas Trautmann

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