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

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