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Seasonal patterns of Saharan dust over Cape Verde – a combined approach using observations and modelling Cover

Seasonal patterns of Saharan dust over Cape Verde – a combined approach using observations and modelling

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Jan 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v67.24410 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 24410 - 24410
Submitted on: Mar 24, 2014
Accepted on: Jan 19, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
desert dust modeling,
PM measurements,
Saharan and Sahelian dust,
Cape Verde Islands

© 2015 Carla Gama, Oxana Tchepel, José María Baldasano, Sara Basart, Joana Ferreira, Casimiro Pio, João Cardoso, Carlos Borrego, published by Stockholm University Press
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