Relationships between mineral dust and cloud properties in the West African Sahel

Aerosol cloud interactions are known to be of great importance to many parts of the climate system. Five years of observations from three different satellites (Aqua, ENVISAT and Meteosat Second Generation) are used to statistically analyse the relationship of mineral dust aerosol, separated from oth...

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Main Authors: L. Klüser, T. Holzer-Popp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-07-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/6901/2010/acp-10-6901-2010.pdf