Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2245-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2245-2014
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04 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 04 Mar 2014

Mass deposition fluxes of Saharan mineral dust to the tropical northeast Atlantic Ocean: an intercomparison of methods

N. Niedermeier, A. Held, T. Müller, B. Heinold, K. Schepanski, I. Tegen, K. Kandler, M. Ebert, S. Weinbruch, K. Read, J. Lee, K. W. Fomba, K. Müller, H. Herrmann, and A. Wiedensohler

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