Impacts of Saharan dust and clouds on photosynthetically available radiation in the area off Northwest Africa

Thomas Ohde; Herbert Siegel

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17160

Impacts of Saharan dust and clouds on photosynthetically available radiation in the area off Northwest Africa

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Thomas Ohde and Herbert Siegel

Open Access

|Jan 2012

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