Predominant transport paths of Saharan dust over the Mediterranean Sea to Europe

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of Geophysical Research

• Publication date

  2012-01-27

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1029/2011JD016482
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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