Articles | Volume 13, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12135-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12135-2013
Research article
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13 Dec 2013
Research article |  | 13 Dec 2013

The regime of intense desert dust episodes in the Mediterranean based on contemporary satellite observations and ground measurements

A. Gkikas, N. Hatzianastassiou, N. Mihalopoulos, V. Katsoulis, S. Kazadzis, J. Pey, X. Querol, and O. Torres

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