Vertically resolved dust optical properties during SAMUM: Tinfou compared to Ouarzazate

Birgit Heese; Dietrich Althausen; Tilman Dinter; Michael Esselborn; Thomas Müller; Matthias Tesche; Matthias Wiegner

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00404.x

Vertically resolved dust optical properties during SAMUM: Tinfou compared to Ouarzazate

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 61 (2009): Issue 1

By: Birgit Heese, Dietrich Althausen, Tilman Dinter, Michael Esselborn, Thomas Müller, Matthias Tesche and Matthias Wiegner

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