Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-2381-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-2381-2013
Research article
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01 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2013

Comparing two years of Saharan dust source activation obtained by regional modelling and satellite observations

I. Tegen, K. Schepanski, and B. Heinold

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