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Atmospheric response to Saharan dust deduced from ECMWF reanalysis (ERA) temperature increments Cover

Atmospheric response to Saharan dust deduced from ECMWF reanalysis (ERA) temperature increments

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|Jan 2003

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Language: English
Page range: 901 - 913
Submitted on: May 21, 2002
Accepted on: Feb 20, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2003
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2003 P. Kishcha, P. Alpert, J. Barkan, I. Kirchner, B. Machenhauer, published by Stockholm University Press
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