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Properties of dust aerosol particles transported to Portugal from the Sahara desert Cover

Properties of dust aerosol particles transported to Portugal from the Sahara desert

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|Jan 2009

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Language: English
Page range: 297 - 306
Submitted on: Feb 7, 2008
Accepted on: Aug 14, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 Frank Wagner, Daniele Bortoli, Sérgio Pereira, Maria João Costa, Ana Maria Silva, Bernadett Weinzierl, Michael Esselborn, Andreas Petzold, Kathi Rasp, Bernd Heinold, Ina Tegen, published by Stockholm University Press
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