Study of desert dust events over the southwestern Iberian Peninsula in year 2000: two case studies

Strong desert dust events occurring in 2000 over the southwestern Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula are detected and evaluated by means of the TOMS Aerosol Index (A.I.) at three different sites, Funchal (Madeira Island, Portugal), Lisboa (Portugal) and El Arenosillo (Huelva, Spain). At the...

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Main Authors: V. E. Cachorro, R. Vergaz, A. M. de Frutos, J. M. Vilaplana, D. Henriques, N. Laulainen, C. Toledano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2006-07-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/24/1493/2006/angeo-24-1493-2006.pdf