Temporal and spatial variations of the atmospheric dust loading throughout West Africa over the last thirty years

The dust haze conditions, typical of the African atmosphere south of the Sahara, are a result of wind-generated dust from arid lands. The magnitude of the dust haze is evaluated for the 30-year period beginning in 1957 by calculating the number of occurrences where the observed visibility was re...

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Main Authors: G. M. N'Tchayi, J. Bertrand, M. Legrand, J. Baudet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 1994-01-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/12/265/1994/angeo-12-265-1994.pdf