Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2039-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2039-2014
Research article
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21 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 21 Feb 2014

Saharan dust aerosol over the central Mediterranean Sea: PM10 chemical composition and concentration versus optical columnar measurements

M. Marconi, D. M. Sferlazzo, S. Becagli, C. Bommarito, G. Calzolai, M. Chiari, A. di Sarra, C. Ghedini, J. L. Gómez-Amo, F. Lucarelli, D. Meloni, F. Monteleone, S. Nava, G. Pace, S. Piacentino, F. Rugi, M. Severi, R. Traversi, and R. Udisti

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