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Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign
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spellingShingle Klaver, Anne, Formenti, Paola, Caquineau, Sandrine, Chevaillier, Servanne, Ausset, Patrick, Calzolai, Giulia, Osborne, Simon, Johnson, Ben, Harrison, Mark, Dubovik, Oleg, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign, Atmospheric Science
title Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign
title_full Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign
title_fullStr Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign
title_full_unstemmed Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign
title_short Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign
title_sort physico‐chemical and optical properties of sahelian and saharan mineral dust: <i>in situ</i> measurements during the gerbils campaign
title_unstemmed Physico‐chemical and optical properties of Sahelian and Saharan mineral dust: in situ measurements during the GERBILS campaign
topic Atmospheric Science
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.889